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UNISON vows to build care campaign

Conference pledges to campaign on funding crisis and step up action to organise workers

Article on the UNISON National site.

Delegates look to the future with debates on apprenticeships

Local government conference says apprenticeships are important, but must be properly funded and designed

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Plight raised of Black workers in fragmented workplaces

Conference hears that the post-Brexit world, where the ‘other’ is increasingly seen as a problem, is making the situation worse for Black workers

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Local government conference remembers Grenfell Tower

The branch also paid tribute to the "unprecedented response from the whole community". Conference extended its solidarity to all those […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Derby and Durham school support staff bring inspiration

Faced with huge cuts to their pay, these UNISON members fought back

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

‘We need to talk about safe housing’

The horrific tragedy at Grenfell tower pushes safe housing up the agenda at UNISON’s local government conference

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Standing up for children’s education

Many schools are losing funding – some of them in the most deprived areas of the country – thanks […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Gender pay gap still a problem, delegates hear

Local government conference debates measures to tackle the issue, as the pay gap and the glass ceiling still exist

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Delegates pledge to build a campaign on pay

Local government conference welcomes early lodging of pay claim and calls range of actions to support it

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

’It’s the workplace that needs to change, not the person’

As Jennifer Black, a delegate from UNISON LGBT conference reminded delegates: “It’s the working environment that needs changing, not the […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Trade unionists can ‘globalise solidarity and co-operation’

Cuban public service union leader challenges delegates to help build a better world for all

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Privatisation still the threat but we are turning the tide, conference hears

The ‘scourge of outsourcing’ and the successes we need to add to

Article on the UNISON National site.