Health and safety

UNISON believes health and safety in the workplace is an issue for everyone. Every year, thousands of people suffer accidents and ill-health at work – most of which could be avoided.

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Christina McAnea giving evidence to the Covid Inquiry

Social care sector has yet to learn the lessons of pandemic, says UNISON   

Christina McAnea highlights need for social care reform in evidence to Covid Inquiry

Gloucestershire phlebotomists pass 100 days on strike

UNISON branches are encouraged to donate to the strike fund

Pay fair for patient care. Getting it right for healthcare support staff

Strike fund appeal for Nottingham healthcare workers

Donations are being sought for healthcare support workers as their dispute at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust continues

Time for ‘rogue’ NHS trust to resolve 100-day blood specialists strike, says UNISON

The bizarre and counterproductive approach adopted by senior executives at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is not only out of step with the rest of the NHS, but it clearly isn’t working either

Curbs on outsourcing and council funding reforms will benefit staff and public, says UNISON 

Christina McAnea says public interest test on external contracts shows government honouring manifesto promise

Ten year plan for the NHS has got to succeed, says UNISON

Christina McAnea says ‘failed yesteryear approaches’ mustn’t undermine success prospects. 

Employment Rights Bill is a game changer that can’t come soon enough

It’s the most significant piece of employment rights legislation in decades.

School support staff: Have your say now

UNISON is urging school support staff members in England to take part in a consultation on the make-up of their new negotiating body 

woman with mask on in front of laptop, sanitising her hands

Support UNISON’s work on the Covid-19 Inquiry

If you have a story to share from the Covid-19 pandemic, we want to make sure the government hears it

Welfare concessions encouraging, but disabled workers need support guarantees, says UNISON

The best way to help people into employment is by breaking down the barriers that prevent them from working

Joanna Moorcroft

Violence against women is a ‘national emergency’

‘We cannot ignore domestic abuse, the trafficking of women and girls, the rise of misogyny and online abuse, the poisoning of young boys’ minds’

Schools support worker from Northern Ireland is new UNISON president

New presidential team elected for the union

Stephen Smellie speaking at NDC

Keeping net zero at the heart of UNISON’s agenda

UNISON has declared 2026 the Year of Green Activity with the union having a long and committed record in combating climate change

Workers must be at heart of switch to clean energy

Government strategy brings greener energy a step closer

Bring Thames Water into full public ownership and give staff the certainty they deserve, say unions 

Returning Thames Water to public ownership is the best way to protect staff, serve customers and safeguard the environment