Paul Holmes opens NDC with rallying call

National delegates conference charged to channel their anger, ‘to fight and defend our members’

FE unions reject pay offer

‘Appalling’ offer from Association of Colleges falls far short of the joint union pay claim

London ambulance staff lead humanitarian convoy to Ukraine

Paramedics are driving 1,000 miles to deliver 10 ambulances to Ukraine health workers and relief goods to refugees

Microscopic view of the Coronavirus

UNISON seeks ‘clarity’ on removal of COVID-19 from risk assessments

Union says that government’s ‘potentially dangerous’ Living with COVID-19 plans could undermine health and safety regulations in England

Empty school classroom

Unions urge education secretary to extend free COVID testing

No 10’s Living with COVID plan ‘is likely to result in further illness and disruption to face-to-face education’

UNISON in solidarity with Ukraine graphic

Ukraine – share your stories

UNISON wants to hear from Ukrainian and Russian members, as well as branches who are seeking to help the victims of war

UNISON wins insourcing of Serco staff in five London hospitals

Christina McAnea praises the ‘welcome move’ that means nearly 2,000 facilities management staff will return to Agenda for Change conditions

Higher education delegates tackle equality and discrimination

The higher education virtual national conference addressed the issues faced by its Black and trans members

UNISON vows to fight against sustained attack on HE pensions

‘Defending pensions is about ensuring that we, and future generations, don’t retire into poverty’

UNISON urges HE employers to ‘eradicate poverty pay’

‘We can and we will stand up for better pay,’ higher eduction delegates are told

Higher education staff have ‘yet again kept the sector going’

HE national conference hears that members’ COVID sacrifices were ‘in stark contrast’ to the behaviour of government

U magazine crossword – here’s the real one!

Here is the correct grid, with clues, to the spring edition’s crossword

elderly woman with carer

London borough introduces wide-ranging residential care charter

UNISON inspired an initiative that will benefit both care home workers and residents

busy classroom with children sitting on the floor

Children with special needs feeling the brunt of staffing shortages, UNISON survey reveals

‘Support staff have stepped up to the plate as staff shortages in schools bite’

End-of-year accounts for 2021 – branch audits

Information for honorary branch auditors, from UNISON head of audit John Nagle