Staff at Colchester General Hospital praised by the CQC and police

Staff at Colchester general hospital praised by the CQC and police for whistleblowing after failing to get action internally at the Trust

Union wins Bradford derecognition battle

UNISON wins battle against derecognition after company takes over adult supported living services in Bradford

UNISON backs charter to stop the payday loan rip-off

UNISON backs Charter to Stop the Payday Loan Rip-Off and renews its call to the Financial Conduct Authority to clamp down on payday sharks

Barnsley council agrees to pay living wage

Barnsley council has stuck by an earlier decision and will pay the living wage to low paid employees

Tory health minister pockets £17m while workers take out payday loans: call that fair?

Payday loan sharks still shamelessly charging massive interest rates: and it’s people who have the least who have to pay the most

National women’s conference preliminary agenda now available

UNISON’s national women’s conference 2014 will be held in Brighton from 13 to 15 February

UNISON secures early pay rise for Balfour Beatty staff

UNISON has secured early implementation of the annual living wage rise for Balfour Beatty staff at the University of London

Take action to scrap the bedroom tax

UNISON supports Labour’s opposition day debate to scrap the tax on Tuesday 12 November and urges members to get involved

UNISON urges members to use their pension fund power to support the living wage

‘With the cost of living rising this has never been more important’

UNISON urges local government workers to join campaign for pay justice

Union is calling for living wage as minimum pay rate for local government workers

Pools staff drowning under poverty pay conditions

Eastern region press release: Leisure centre staff condemned to the poverty pay of the minimum wage and lose free membership benefit which allowed them to afford to use the centres and stay fit enough for their work

Caring for carers is an investment for future

Good support from social services is an absolutely necessary investment because without it carers cannot keep going

UNISON pension fund helps boost living wage campaign

UNISON pension fund joins call for publically listed UK companies to pay the wage

Offender rehabilitation bill returns to Commons for second reading

UNISON members urged to lobby their MPs with opposition to probation privatisation

UNISON Northern region petitions South Tyneside council for a living wage

Activists out and about during Living Wage Week calling for a living wage at South Tyneside council