UK urged to act before bulldozers enter The Jungle at Calais

UNISON urges members to sign petition calling on UK to accept responsibilities and allow children on their own to come to UK

UNISON wins Mumsnet

We’re big fans of Mumsnet at UNISON, and following a discussion thread about our public service champions campaign last week, we’re even bigger fans.

Three women from Columbia holding a UNISON flag

Talks in Colombia to restart as trade unions strive for peace

Both the Colombian government and the FARC guerrillas have committed to go back to Havana for peace talks

Delegates highlight danger of further privatisation in probation

The National Probation Service has proposed extending the use of private providers in approved premises

Policing on the cheap?

UNISON conference condemns replacing police staff with low-paid workers and unpaid volunteers

Delegates highlight changes to probation service negotiation

Police and justice conference debates the changing nature of negotiation

Police and justice Black worker numbers ‘going in the wrong direction’

A white applicant has a better chance of getting a job than a Black applicant in more than two thirds of UK forces, UNISON’s police and justice conference hears

A life less ordinary

Women in prison, suicide and domestic violence are just some of the issues UNISON vice president Margaret McKee is tackling

Learning about the refugee crisis

UNISON Cymru/Wales women’s group spent time learning about the refugee crisis at their policy weekend recently

Three students

Higher ed executive decides against industrial action in pay campaign

‘UNISON is committed to national pay bargaining and will continue to campaign to improve members’ pay, terms and conditions’ says SGE

School support staff lobby Parliament

School support staff travel from Derby to Westminster to lobby MPs over 25% pay cut

To Russia, with love

An armed response unit, a Turkish coup and Turkmenistan’s ‘door to hell’ – all these (and more) featured in one member’s summer adventure

N tice nything missing?

At UNISON we know how vital blood donation is, which is why we’ve been taking part in the #missingtype campaign

Higher education members vote on strike action over pay

Higher education members will be voting over strike action as a result of a 1.1% pay offer for the majority of staff

Women penalised financially for having children

Women with children face a wider gender pay gap, says a new report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies