10 ways to get organised

After such a tumultuous year, it’s more important than ever that working people stand together and that we continue to find new ways to reach out and organise

Fighting on so many fronts

While so many people have stayed at home – UNISON members have been on the frontline in the fight against COVID-19. And while you’ve been fighting coronavirus to keep communities going, UNISON has been fighting for you.

Making a difference for care during COVID-19

Across the UK, care workers have faced serious problems while caring for those most vulnerable to the new coronavirus. But UNISON has been fighting for them – and winning.

Our union is at the forefront of fighting the far right

Our union has always been at the forefront of fighting the hatred of the far right in our communities – that’s why we’re proud supporters of HOPE not hate. So I’m delighted to have become a patron of the HOPE education action fund. Taking the fight against that hate into our schools is vital. Working […]

Are you local champs ready?

With Local Service Champions Day fast approaching on 17 October, we chatted with Diane Peacock, the branch secretary at UNISON’s City of Sunderland branch, about the exciting plans her team have in place to celebrate local government’s hidden heroe

I’m 21 and I’m a committed trade unionist

A blog from Kendal Bromley-Bewes

Blog: Richard and Margaret represent…

First time delegates and private contractor members, Richard Kennedy and Margaret Hotham, give us the low down on their first year at UNISON’s national delegate conference.

Pay up now ID

How recent pay deals affect staff at private contractors

Fighting for fair pay for private contractors in health and local government

‘We want to stay in the NHS: for ourselves and future generations’

Members at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS trust started a five-day strike today – here’s why, their own words

Council and school workers and the Fair Pay now logo

UNISON accepts local government pay offer

Pay deal will affect hundreds of thousands of local government members

NJC pay update: branch views required by 5 April

Branches asked to comment on revised recommendation on pay offer for England, Wales and Northern Ireland

National Apprenticeship Week – raising the standard

It’s National Apprenticeship Week and UNISON is celebrating the good, while protecting against the bad and the ugly side of apprenticeships

The campaign for your pay rise continues

After the Budget failed to deliver for public service workers’ pay, the fight moves on

Social workers speak out

“We see more and more families coming into our remit because of these environmental factors. You can’t deny the link between austerity and people’s lives getting harder and harder.”

Football and politics can mix

Liam Rosenior – a footballer with a conscience