UNISON reaches landmark living wage agreement with Church of England schools

Agreement paves the way for all 4,700 Church of England schools to receive living wage accreditation

UNISON highlights the cost of privatisation in education, at TUC Congress

‘Let’s give children and parents some genuine freedom of choice,’ says union

UNISON secures living wage for school support staff in another academy trust

More members benefit from union’s campaign for living wage in all academy schools

Aberystwyth university workers vote on pensions strike

Strike ballot opens over a change of pension scheme that could see staff lose up to 50% of their pension

Scottish council workers to vote on action over pay

Local authority members in Scotland to be balloted in September on programme of industrial action

Talks start to bring cleaners back to NHS

Cleaning staff at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary set for proud return to the NHS

The scandal of profits before food safety

Dave Prentis puts the case to Guardian readers for UNISON members carrying out a vital role

Social care trust must face its responsibilities

Northern Ireland trust told to reopen its admissions after private care home threatens closure

Hundreds of thousands of care workers are paid less than the minimum wage

Delegates hear of the successes and continuing challenges in battle to protect social care workers and the people who need their care

Local government delegates back a raft of actions on fighting cuts

UNISON’s local government conference in Brighton heard of the millions of members and service users who were bearing the brunt of the government’s austerity agenda

Joint union statement regarding NHS Wales proposals on workforce terms and conditions

The health unions across Wales have released a joint statement regarding the NHS Wales proposals for the terms and conditions of the NHS Wales workforce

A view of the world: meeting Colombia’s sugar cane cutters

UNISON members are inspired by the women of Colombia’s sugar cane communities

Problems at work: librarian’s career destroyed by heavy lifting

Health and safety failings to blame for library assistant’s chronic back pain

The singing social worker

Singing sensation Siobhán Patton on the day job that moves her to tears

All in a day’s work for… a university cleaner

Hoovering, mopping and virtual reality. Ann Anthony has a familiar job in a state-of-the-art setting