Glyndwr University staff protest over job cuts

UNISON and UCU members are lobbying the board of governors at Glyndwr University today over the university’s poor handling of the current redundancy situation

‘Recruit a friend’ brings 500 new members into UNISON

UNISON announces the 24 winners of the autumn U Magazine recruitment challenge

Swansea homecarers owed thousands, says UNISON

UNISON is concerned that homecare workers in the Swansea area could be receiving less than the minimum wage

UNISON criticises treatment of teaching assistants

UNISON has criticised the government’s approach to teaching assistants and stressed the need for more examples of good practice of how they are trained and deployed

UNISON launches social work survey

UNISON is marking World Social Work Day today by teaming up with Community Care to shine a light on a typical working day in social work

Thousands march in Liverpool against austerity

Thousands of protesters marched through Liverpool city centre on Saturday to demonstrate against government funding cuts in the region

Birmingham University staff win living wage battle

UNISON members at Birmingham University have won the living wage after taking two days of well-supported strike action

You can study with UNISON at Ruskin College

UNISON has a long association with Ruskin College and we encourage our activists to enrol on either the college’s BA or MA international labour and trade union studies programmes

Financial learning support for UNISON members

Did you know that UNISON offers financial help with learning costs?

Miliband backs workers in defence of vital protections

Labour leader seeks to overturn government attack on TUPE regulations

UNISON ‘ratchets up the political pressure’ on LGA

Union restates the case for fair pay, ahead of key meeting of local government employers

Members to be consulted on next steps in higher ed pay dispute

Conference says it is important to reflect on the impact of the action so far and for service group executive to discuss the future strategy

UNISON calls on nurses and midwives to consult on revalidation

UNISON is calling on members who are nurses and midwives to help with a consultation process on revalidation

Local government employers warned on pay

Local government employers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland warned that industrial action looks inevitable

Government declares face-to-face careers advice outmoded

The government has revealed that it considers face-to-face careers advice for young people as “outmoded” – despite widespread condemnation of the current situation in schools