Dave Prentis is the former general secretary UNISON.
Read Dave’s blog for views on issues UNISON is working on and information on what he’s doing.
Dave Prentis
The whole country is grateful for what you are doing.
This year’s Christmas holiday comes at the end of a long year when UNISON members have worked under the most extraordinary circumstances
Chancellor’s pay freeze for most public service workers mocks the government’s commitment to ‘levelling up’ with old-style Thatcherism
Stars in Our Schools is celebrating the people who keep our schools running – and this year, we need to recognise their contribution more than ever
This young workers month, let’s listen and support one of the fastest growing groups of our membership and ensure they don’t pay the price of the pandemic
You cannot praise public service workers for keeping our communities going… while simultaneously expecting the same people to survive on poverty pay
An active and vital union, supporting our fabulous members
Over coming weeks we will be taking this fight to the government. The more people who visit our new campaign website and sign the open letter to the prime minister and chancellor the better.
Blog: Windrush Day – our thoughts and our support remain with those who are still fighting injustice
The Windrush scandal is a scar on our society, and one whose injustice endures
The Grenfell Tower tragedy must not be forgotten, nor must justice for those who lost their lives, their loved ones or their homes be delayed any further.
The rights of the Palestinian people have been ignored by the international community for far too long. We cannot allow this attempt to destroy the prospects of a viable Palestinian state to go ahead.
We need strong leadership from this government now and we are all being badly let down. But as ever, your union will continue to fill this vacuum.
Honouring the memory of George Floyd – and so many others – demands that we recommit ourselves to the fight against racism in all its forms. And I promise, your union will continue to play a leading role.
It means that many UNISON members, migrants working in health and social care, looking after our communities, will be spared this deeply unfair charge. But UNISON won’t stop there.
We will all miss Denis – especially within Northern Ireland, but also within the wider UNISON family. We will never forget him, or the massive impact he has had on the lives of our members – but we will always be grateful for everything that he gave to our union and our movement