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Peers will be warned that the Trade Union Bill is ‘a regressive step that will harm good industrial relations’

My job is to support people with learning difficulties to live in the community independently.

And if she wasn’t a UNISON member, she wouldn’t have been able to get all that. For me, I don’t know why people aren’t in a trade union. For me, the recruiting and organising […]

I first got involved with UNISON because I had a workplace issue; I was accused of stealing something from the organisation I used to work at

I enjoy reading the magazine and in every edition there are stories of our members and activists who […]

UNISON is a group of people having the same interests and the same cause

‘Work with us, in partnership with employers rather than as adversaries, to close the gender pay gap’

‘UNISON has backed me up … has encouraged me to become the person I am’

Health and safety rep of the year awards highlight key work of union and our reps

I spend my days talking to members of the public on the phone, answering their queries on environmental issues, from planning and environmental health to housing repairs like a broken toilet

Yet too often there is a lack of appreciation for my work and that of other staff working in NHS support services. But UNISON is prioritising this […]

NHS needs to operate as one team in the interests of joined-up, high-quality patient care

Our main aim is to support people to live at home for as long as possible, in their preferred way. I love my job: I love meeting people and supporting […]

As a union safety rep, Adam was the conduit for the social workers to voice concerns to the management. He worked with the employer to put […]

"It was unions which fought for and won a minimum wage, maternity and paternity rights, pension provision, holiday and sickness […]