NHS members get set for day of protest

UNISON members in the health service will be making their voices heard across the UK tomorrow, as NHS Protest Day highlights anger at being denied even a 1% pay rise by the government

Barnet carers set to strike over planned pay cut

UNISON members working as carers in north London are set to strike to defend their pay and the service they provide

George Eliot members plan NHS peanuts pay protest

As part of the UNISON NHS Day of Protest members from George Eliot NHS trust and Coventry and Warwickshire health will be handing out pay packets full of peanuts

Taking the NHS Day of Protest onto social media

The NHS Day of Protest on Thursday will see social media as just one way that we can use to get the message about pay across

Newcastle protest condemns legal aid cuts

UNISON members joined community activists on Newcastle Quayside last week to protest against cuts to legal aid for survivors of domestic violence

Higher education members vote to accept pay offer

UNISON’s higher education members have voted overwhelmingly to accept a pay offer that will see thousands of low-paid university staff receive the living wage of £7.65p per hour and end a long-running pay dispute in the sector

Scottish LG members consulted on possible action

Local government consultative ballot will run from 9 June to 7 July after employers reject pay claim in Scotland

Bridgend council withdraws pay-freeze plans

UNISON welcomes a victory for common sense after council ends threat to pay

Aberystwyth university unions to ballot for strike action over attack on pensions

Trade unions at Aberystwyth university will be balloting members over industrial action following attacks on the current pension scheme by the university

UNISON relaunches school uniform scheme

The UNISON welfare charity There for You can offer help to members on low incomes deal with the cost of school uniforms

Probation day of action fliers available

Joint union fliers are available for branches organising around the probation day of action of 30 May

UNISON calls for collective struggle against austerity

UNISON urges unions to work collectively across Europe to defeat austerity as EPSU congress debates strengthening rights and employment

EPSU congress hears warning on global treaties

Delegates at the EPSU congress in Toulouse debated the threat from two global trade treaties currently being negotiated

2,000 NHS staff wait to hear their fate

UNISON is waiting to hear the outcome of a closed-doors board meeting that could decide the future of nearly 2,000 staff working for NHS England

UNISON wins downbanding battle in Swindon

A successful organising campaign by UNISON has seen Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust withdraw plans to downband operating theatre jobs