Graphic for UNISON celebrating LGBT+ History Month

Blog: Celebrating our LGBT+ members and history

This year’s LGBT+ History Month also gives us a chance to remember the vital role LGBT+ workers play in our health service

Speakers to an emergency motion on Gas at UNISON's national women's conference

UNISON women pass emergency motion on Gaza

Delegates condemn statement from Israel’s national security minister that the army must shoot anyone approaching the border, including women and children

Christina McAnea addressing UNISON's women's conference

Christina McAnea lauds women who helped win NI peace

General secretary addresses UNISON’s women’s conference and says: “We must speak up for women’s issues”

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Yoga instructors pose a strike problem for unbending council

Together with colleagues teaching Pilates and aerobics, the instructors backed industrial action as Colchester City Council remains stubborn on pay

Conference delegates hold up green voting cards. Credit to Rosie Powell

‘As a woman, my rights are not reduced by my LGBT+ comrades’

UNISON’s 2024 women’s conference kicks off with statements of solidarity on LGBT+ rights and Palestine

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UNISON urges Ofgem to act on customer bills

Union also calls for action on a just transition to environmentally friendly energy jobs

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NEC plans for the coming year

Meeting hears reports from general secretary and presidential team, recommits to work on Gaza, and discusses plans for national delegate conference

A UNISON Pride in our Work balloon and flags

A union that keeps making LGBT+ history

It’s LGBT History Month, so there’s no better time to explore UNISON’s contribution to the struggle for equality

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UNISON calls on water regulator to protect customers and nature

After the water industry made headlines again this week, the union says it should be companies, not customers, footing the bill

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Blog: Give your ❤️ to our unions

On the eve of Valentine’s Day, remember that unions make our lives better

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MPs celebrate college support staff

Westminster event sets the scene for UNISON’s Champions in Our Colleges celebration tomorrow (Friday 9 February)

Blog: Mentoring matters more than ever for nurses

UNISON nursing officer, Stuart Tuckwood, explains the importance of – and argues for – a renewed focus on mentoring programmes for newly registered nurses

UNISON assistant general secretary Jon Richards addressing the union's higher education conference in February 2024

Higher education conference hears of ‘systemic under funding’

Delegates met in Milton Keynes to tackle a wide-ranging agenda

Christina McAnea

Blog: The hope Labour can bring

The party’s New Deal for Working People, planned with UNISON’s involvement, would make a huge improvement to working people’s lives

Aerobics instructor Melinda Harrison outside a Leisure World sports centre

Inflexible bosses keep yoga instructors’ pay down

Aerobics and Pilates instructors at Colchester City Council are also affected, as the UNISON members vote on strike action