DOCAS and facility time changes brought forward

New DOCAS agreements have to be in place from 10 March 2018 to ensure a “reasonable fee” is paid to public sector employers who deduct union subs directly from members’ wages

Higher education unions submit 2017-18 pay claim

Unions challenge universities to improve pay that has ‘significantly fallen behind inflation’

Photo of Gary Burgon at home on a couch

A moment to appreciate

Gary Burgon says ‘thanks’ to the strangers who saved his life

photo of John Edgington sitting on a settee with son Matthew Edgington sitting behind him on the settee arm

Intensive care, eternal thanks

An unprovoked assault outside a Manchester nightclub changed Matthew Edgington’s life for ever.

Academics back strike by King’s College cleaners

Cleaners set to strike as private employer plans to axe hours and jobs

Mark White OBE – member’s services to education recognised

‘I started my working life on 26 August 1982 and joined our union the same day’

UNISON joins religious and charity leaders in criticising the Welfare Reform and Work Bill

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis joins other union, charity and religious leaders in criticising the Bill for the negative effect it will have on poor families and the disabled

General secretary Dave Prentis attends the Burston rally with MP Jeremy Corbyn

UNISON at the Burston school strike rally

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis celebrates the Burston strike school rally in Norfolk yesterday (Sunday)

Special UNISON summit plans to tackle pay freeze

Over 100 top union activists convened at a pay summit at the UNISON Centre in London today (Thursday) to map out a cross-union strategy for dealing with the ongoing public sector pay freeze

Why the Welfare Bill will not help lift families out of poverty

UNISON has reacted with dismay to the Welfare Reform and Work Bill which had its second reading in the House of Commons earlier this week

The rights of all workers are under attack – we need a broad civil society coalition to help us protect them

Unions and civil society must unite around a common vision of individual and collective rights that brings together all our aspirations for a good society

Austerity cuts put local democracy at risk

UNISON Cymru/Wales warns that austerity cuts are damaging our public services and threatening to undermine local democracy

UNISON condemns homophobic attack against trade unionist in Barnet

UNISON condemns recent attack against trade unionist whose car was found vandalised with homophobic slurs outside his home

Probation workers stage two-hour stoppage over pay row

UNISON members are today (Tuesday) staging a two-hour stoppage in England and Wales between 8am and 10am in the ongoing dispute over pay

UNISON protests to Jeremy Hunt about huge NHS contract award

Union writes to the Secretary of State for Health asking him not to allow the award of a huge NHS contract to a private company