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‘The need for stability and reassurance has never been greater,’ says Dave Prentis

“Workers' rights and human rights are inseparable,” it adds. “We had to fight to win them, and now we […]

For public service workers that sum was more than £21,000. Mr Anthony said that UNISON members had not had “the […]

We didn’t manage to defeat the entire bill, but we did manage to remove several elements of it that would have irrevocably damaged the trade […]

Commenting on the debate today (Wednesday) in the Commons that has seen the government accept many of the Trade Union Bill amendments made last week in the Lords, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Without these significant changes, unions representing working people across the UK would have found it hard to continue doing what they […]

Ministers have backed away from an outright ban on facility time across the UK’s public services

‘Now at least UNISON can concentrate on campaigning to protect public sector employees at work and the services they deliver’

Dave Prentis comments on the announcement in the Lords that the government is no longer to stop unions from collecting members’ subs via their pay packets

NEC hears update on Trade Union Bill and agrees EU referendum campaign

Peers voted overwhelmingly for three amendments to the bill, on electronic balloting, facility time, and the funds used by unions for political campaigning […]

UNISON members will rally in support of motions opposing the Trade Union Bill and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

Date

5 March 2016 12:00pm–2:30pm

Location

National Museum, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NP

The union's higher education conference in Southport called on members to lobby MPs and members of the House […]

East Midlands women speak out against unnecessary change in law ‘that can only harm relations between employers and workers’

“We need to put in place measures not just to stop this government but to grow and strengthen our union,” Dave Prentis tells executive meeting