UNISON backs calls for tougher sentences for domestic violence

Reaction to the campaign against domestic violence sentencing.

UNISON chief calls for change of culture at Mid-Staffordshire hospital

General Secretary to visit Mid-Staffs hospital with message for new chief executive and staff.

Terminal cancer sufferer wins £205,000 in asbestos claim

UNISON wins damages for gardener struck down with mesothelioma contracted at work.

Public sector borrowing figures – UNISON reaction

Axing trident and tackling tax avoidance would save country billions.

UNISON calls for pensions justice

Pensioner poverty is a scandal not to be tolerated.

Brighton’s talking bus stops for the blind win national award sponsored by UNISON

Blind UNISON Member, Kim Silver, tries one of them out.

2000 UNISON activists in Aung San Suu Kyi mask protest

UNISON members call for release of Burma pro-democracy leader.

No more blank cheques for Labour, warns Dave Prentis

Extracts from the General Secretary’s keynote speech to UNISON annual conference.

Social work vacancies hit danger point warns UNISON

Councils accused of covering up the true extent of the vacancies.

Public sector workers desert Labour

Labour vote collapsed since last year – Dave Prentis comments.

Public projects tainted by private finance – recession piles £bns onto PFI costs

Spending on PFI is throwing good money after bad – says UNISON.

Warning over medicines in schools

Teaching assistants expected to carry out medical procedures on children.

Consumers face water charges postcode lottery

UNISON report exposes water price hikes and calls for fair deal.

UNISON calls for fair pay for teaching assistants

A shocking survey, which found a catalogue of unpaid overtime, low pay, increased workload and violence and abuse, has led to UNISON calling for a better deal for the UK’s teaching assistants.

UNISON welcomes decision to consider minimum wage for apprentices

UNISON welcomes an announcement by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills that the minimum wage will be considered for apprentices.