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As the campaign against the Trade Union Bill continues, let’s show everyone why we love unions – and UNISON in particular
The government seems determined to stop people from having a voice at work. “Ministers want to make life as difficult as they possibly […]
Ending union members’ right to have their subs deducted from wages would be disruptive, centralist and make absolutely no sense
"Whatever barriers they put in our way, they'll never stop our movement fighting for a fairer Britain." The trade union bill is currently being rushed […]
UNISON members working in public services will make more than half of the 1,000 strong group of workers travelling from across the UK to lobby their MPs today (Monday) at a mass lobby against the trade union bill in Westminster. Speaking at a rally outside the houses of parliament, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis will […]
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Trade unions are there to help: why are they being attacked?
‘It’s time for an alternative to the cuts, the privatising agenda, and to the pay freeze destroying lives,” says Dave Prentis as 85,000 march against austerity, and for workers’ rights
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Unions not too powerful – they’re too weak, say industrial relations academics
Trying to stop nurses, care workers, teaching assistants, hospital cleaners and town hall staff from paying their union subs directly from their wages is an attack we’ve defeated before and one which we will overcome again
Facility time, overwork and workplace stress among the big themes as unions engage with employers