Higher education: why I’m striking

Two UNISON members explain why they’ll be on strike this Thursday

Local government SGE by-election result

Helena Watson has been elected unopposed

Protect our children from deadly asbestos in schools

UNISON, the UK’s largest union is today calling on the Government to give cast iron assurances that budget cuts will not undermine tackling the vital issue of removing deadly asbestos from schools.

Advice for UNISON branches during Napo strike

Guidance for UNISON branches on dealing with the forthcoming Napo strike

Keep probation public – email your MP

Contact your MP and sign the online petition to stop the break-up and sell-off of the probation service

Government publishes new Fair Deal guidance on NHS pensions

New government guidance has been published on the rights of NHS staff who are TUPE transferred to a private company to remain in the NHS pension scheme

UNISON tells health board to stop the con

UNISON to picket health board over care homes closure consultation

UNISON damns Scottish council employers’ claims

UNISON has dismissed claims by the Cosla that it delayed acceptance of a pay deal

UNISON brands axing of 1,500 Environment Agency jobs ‘potentially catastrophic’

The storms this week should act as a warning to the Environment Agency and the public that making these cuts is not only dangerous but potentially catastrophic

Building for the higher education pay strike

A well-supported strike is vital, so here are some suggestions for building the strike, as well as ways to campaign on the day

Halloween strike in higher education

Higher education branches across the UK are preparing to take strike action alongside colleagues from UCU and Unite this Thursday

Conference condemns the ‘demonisation of disabled people’

Disabled members’ conference calls for disability hate crime to be a specific criminal offence and calls for urgent action to tackle it

‘We’ve gone back to the dark ages’

Shadow minister for disabled people Kate Green addresses UNISON’s disabled members conference

UNISON challenges ongoing discrimination against disabled people at work

Disabled members at conference in Manchester hear that capability is used as a weapon against disabled members

UNISON president condemns ‘Victorian’ Britain with ‘food banks and soup kitchens’

Tory austerity policies are leading to a Victorian Britain, disabled members conference hears