‘Migration does not weaken the NHS, migration is the reason it survives’

Health conference passes several motions committing the union to strengthen its support, protection and advocacy for migrant workers in the health service

Andrea Egan addresses UNISON health conference

‘Every billion spent on foreign wars is a billion not spent on our NHS’

‘Staff are our health service. To invest in you is to invest in the NHS’

‘Spat at and screamed at’: NHS workers describe increased violence at work

One in seven NHS staff were physically assaulted doing their job

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UNISON Centre sign

NEC hears of mileage win and membership growth

The union’s fight for migrant workers’ rights was also top of the agenda

Sponsor a UNISON container of food aid for Cuba

UNISON encourages donations to the Cuba Vive emergency food appeal, which is coordinating vital food aid for people in Cuba

Windrush top of the agenda at Black members conference

‘Windrush survivors don’t need sympathy, we need action’

Sandra Okwara (left) and Kevin Imoloame (right)

‘A union where Black workers are protected’

Andrea delivers opening speech to Black members conference and presents two UNISON activists with awards

Opinion: Covid Inquiry shows why we need to fight for improved pay and conditions for health workers

We cannot expect healthcare workers to be ‘superhuman’ again. UNISON will take every action necessary to end the staffing crisis, properly fund the NHS, and make sure the catastrophe of the Covid-19 pandemic is not repeated

Chancellor says she will ‘keep a close eye’ on mileage rates for workers

UNISON has been campaigning for rates to be reviewed for many years

Responding to Reform network

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‘We face very real threats to our reproductive rights’

UNISON agreed to champion reproductive health in the workplace and fight back against the far right

Trans flag

‘Women are more than our appearance’

Women’s conference delegates discuss and condemn the ‘damage’ of controversial Equality and Human Rights Commission interim guidance

Care at the heart of women’s conference

At UNISON’s national women’s conference, women’s care responsibilities dominated the agenda. Several motions called for greater support for women workers

‘We carry twice the load and get half the recognition’

UNISON president says that ‘for all the progress women have fought for and won, the reality remains that women across public services… are still paid less than men’