Lancashire County Council – Social Care Support Worker Strikes

The Chair of the Social Work Forum has sent a message of support to staff in social work teams across Lancashire who are taking a second round of strike action over salary grades and working cover. It reads: As Chair of UNISON’s National Social Work Forum, on behalf of the Forum, I am writing to offer […]

Record water fines expose the stench of scandalous sewage failures, says UNISON

Record fines levied on three water companies don’t go far enough and more investment is needed to stop sewage spills and tackle corporate greed, says UNISON today (Tuesday). Responding to the announcement that industry regulator Ofwat is proposing to punish three privatised water firms with a record combined fine of £168m for their failure to […]

Good riddance to a bad law, says UNISON

Commenting on the announcement that the new government is to repeal the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023, which threatened to worsen industrial relations across essential services, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said today (Tuesday):​ “This was a terrible law. It’s great the government is ditching it so early on. Good riddance to a bad […]

UNISON Nelson Mandela Award 2025 – (open to all Black people in conjunction with UNISON’s defining Black)

UNISON 2015 Black members’ conference resolved to establish a Nelson Mandela award that embodies his attributes and becomes an annual feature of the conference. Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first Black president saw in democracy after decades of apartheid rule which for Black people meant living with years of racial segregation and systemic oppression. His vision […]

Council and school workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland asked to vote on possible strike action

The local government employers should come forward with an improved pay offer.

Low-paid health workers shouldn’t have had to strike for one-off payment, says UNISON

Commenting on the government funding that will now allow thousands of health workers to receive the one-off payment given to NHS staff last year, UNISON head of health Helga Pile said:

Government neglect of care has led to low level of public satisfaction, says UNISON

Commenting on the findings from the British Social Attitudes Survey, published by the King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust which show falling levels of public satisfaction with social care, UNISON head of social care Gavin Edwards said: