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

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

“We’ve got one chance to change that – and that’s on 12 December.” UNISON president Josie Bird is a local government worker […]

But it was an earlier trip to Syria with the TUC, before the civil war started, which Josie says changed her life. International debate, National Delegates Conference 2018. Image: Steve Forrest The […]

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 […]