Once again, UNISON activists gathered in the south coast resort last month for our national delegate conference – the annual parliament that sets the priorities for the year […]
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More than 30% of new members in 2017 worked work for private or community employers. Many of these members face zero-hours contracts and the minimum […]
‘We are one team and we want to stay as a team’, Wigan strikers tell conference delegates
Speaking at UNISON’s annual national conference today (Friday) in Brighton, shadow secretary of state for education Angela Rayner MP said: “I became who I am today thanks to this union. Because I wasn’t born in to the movement – I was made in it. That is why I am so proud to be back here on the […]
Angela Rayner addresses UNISON’s national delegate conference
National delegate conference hears emotive speeches on the mistreatment of Palestinian children
Delegates have grim view of progress despite 50 years of race relations legislation
I’m also a proud African American woman with a passion for justice, though I have a little more experience than she does.” American trade unionist Dr […]
Tories pushing the UK ‘towards a cliff edge’, Brighton delegates are told
She was introducing a motion on making 2019 the year of young workers, after the presentation of the young members’ organising award – renamed in honour of late […]
It’s a year to celebrate and to commemorate all the work of those who went before us. “UNISON was born in an era of the right – facing a Conservative government pandering to […]
Barnstorming speech at UNISON’s national delegate conference celebrates the triumphs of the past 25 years – and the successes to come
Motions on delivering on the promise of the agreement, and protecting human rights and equality in Northern Ireland were at the top of the agenda as delegates began their discussions. In the […]
UNISON president opens union’s national delegate conference in Brighton
- Conference
- 2018 National Delegate Conference
- Date
- 7 June 2018
- Decision
- Carried
Conference notes that while the Windrush scandal has led to the resignation of Home Secretary Amber Rudd on 30 April 2018, the policies themselves are still in operation and compensation schemes will be delayed while public consultations are held. Conference is appalled at the treatment that UNISON member Michael Braithwaite and other members of the […]