National media team
These numbers are for media use only, not for queries about membership or general enquiries about the union. If you email outside office hours, please do follow up with a call, text or WhatsApp message so you can be sure that we’ve seen.
Liz Chinchen E: press@unison.co.uk M: 07778 158175
Anthony Barnes E: a.barnes@unison.co.uk M: 07834 864794
Fatima Ayad E: f.ayad@unison.co.uk M: 07508 080383
Adding a handful of inspectors will make little difference
Women cannot afford to live on current weekly rate of £172.48
More must be done to accommodate requests
Review recognises need for change to improve services
Inconsistent, rigid and unimaginative employers are denying individuals the flexibility they need
Report sets out case for decent pay
If the prime minister wants to meet his pledge, he must act over pay
Solving the NHS staffing crisis must be top government priority to improve services
Tribunal fees deny the poorest and most vulnerable access to justice
Councils need proper and sustained funding, not panicked quick fixes to keep the wolf from the door in an election year
Health and education staff strike over absent pay rise
Pitting different groups of staff against each other is wrong approach
