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
Our Care UK members in Doncaster must be congratulated on the success of their sustained strike action
Poverty pay has no place in 21st century Britain and we are working hard in UNISON to get employers to sign up to pay the living wage
How can it be that Britain’s five richest families are worth more than the country’s poorest 20%?
On Saturday, the atmosphere was one of solidarity and determination and our members’ strength of feeling was plain for all to see
The rain did nothing to dampen the spirits of our NHS members this morning as they came out in force on picket lines across England
UNISON will be in the High Court later this month arguing for the government’s savage Employment Tribunal fees to be scrapped
Tories are shrugging off any last vestige of pretending to be compassionate conservatives
I am taking UNISON’s case for fair pay to the heart of the Labour Party at its annual conference in Manchester
This week I am taking our battle to save our public services from privatisation to Washington DC. Joining forces with other public sector trade unions from Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Latin America to lobby against from international trade agreements. We in UNISON have been alerting the public in the UK to the danger […]
This week’s TUC conference will set the trade union agenda for the run up to next year’s general election, and continue to build momentum ahead of the TUC rally on 18 October
Last week – and 78 years after the original Jarrow march to parliament – a group of mothers from Darlington set off from Jarrow to London to protest against the privatisation of the NHS
Our members working as meat inspectors and official vets for the Food Standards Agency have been on picket lines across the country since first light
Two reports out this week show the growing gap between those enjoying the government’s so-called recovery and the rest of the population
This week, we are celebrating International Youth Day – but a new report from UNISON shows that sadly there is little to celebrate
Pay remains a priority, and our members are saying loud and clear to government that enough is enough