NDC delegates agree that it is time to get angry

UNISON’s national delegate conference back fight against coalition attacks on employment and trade union rights

A special time for the union

In tough times, there’s only one place to be: in your union, in UNISON, president Chris Tansey tells delegates as he opens conference

A unique welcome to Liverpool

Actor, Shrewsbury picket and justice campaigner Ricky Tomlinson sets the tone for conference with impassioned call for justice

Thousands rally in Belfast to challenge the G8 agenda

Thousands rally in Belfast to challenge the G8 agenda.

UNISON voices concern about Pensions Bill second reading

UNISON voices concerns about the Pensions Bill as it gets its second reading in the House of Commons.

Library service in peril

Public paying the price as they lose their local library or face increasing charges, dwindling opening hours and shrinking staffing levels

Delegates discuss motions on equalities issues and the cuts

Delegates at UNISON’s local government conference completed their conference this afternoon with a series of debates around equalities issues and the cuts

Care workers need time to care, conference hears

UNISON’s ethical care charter calls for ‘an end to care by the minute; an end to care by the pound; and end to zero hours contracts’

Delegates remember the dead and pledge to fight for the living

Local government conference backs motions on defending health and safety, and fighting against the deregulation that caused the horsemeat scandal

‘Get angry and fight, fight like hell’

American public-private partnerships are an example to avoid, Jane Carter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees tells UNISON conference

Ricky Tomlinson supports UNISON’s campaign to protect teaching assistants

Ricky Tomlinson supports UNISON’s campaign to protect teaching assistants

Pensions, profits and equalities dominate debate

Wide-ranging discussions at UNISON energy group conference in Liverpool reveal problems energy workers face

Our members are under vicious attack

A cabinet of millionaires, has declared war on the poor, the sick and the vulnerable. They throw cash at the rich and grab from the poor

UNISON demands equal access to justice

Access to justice should not be based on what you can afford

Conference hears council tax benefit changes are not cricket

UNISON’s local government conference hears that the changes to the council tax benefit are causing chaos and proving disastrous for the vulnerable