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New presidential team

UNISON’s new national executive council (NEC) has elected a new presidential team

Article on the UNISON National site.

The pandemic has ‘exposed and exacerbated structural inequality’

UNISON president Josie Bird tells special delegate conference that the union will continue to fight for ‘a genuine end to austerity’

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

‘We’ve got one chance’

“The only difficulty with that statement is that we have said it about the last two or three elections, but they do seem to get more important each time.” She’s sitting around a table with her vice […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Birds of a Feather

We enable the business to run – whether that's within a local authority, within the NHS, in call centres. None of our public services can function without these support staff.” The […]

Magazine, UNISON people on the Magazine site.

Admin officer Josie Bird elected as new UNISON president

UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC) has elected Josie Bird, a local government worker from Newcastle, as president at the union’s annual national conference in Liverpool. Josie has been an administrative officer at Newcastle City Council for 18 years and an active member of UNISON for 17 years. She has served as junior and senior vice […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.