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But championing and defending our members are always on UNISON’s agenda

New film will kickstart recognition of overlooked council staff

The people who make our lives better, from dawn till dusk

As the biggest local government union in the country, we will always fight for local services – and for the funding that’s needed to provide them. So it was fantastic to see so many people getting behind the heartbeat of our local communities, local government workers, on our first Local Service Champions Day yesterday. There’s […]

July might have meant the start of the summer holidays proper, but UNISON and our members are still on the case

We don’t always see what council workers do in our communities, but they’re there, making our lives better

‘We are an essential part of our communities,” local government conference hears as it backs new national campaign to promote local service champions

Local government workers are champions. They affect all our lives, every day

Peterborough youth worker is a Local Service Champion and has been honoured by the Queen

Dave Prentis addressing the Local Government Association annual conference in Bournemouth today (Thursday)

A new campaign will raise the profile of the union’s 600,000 local government members

That’s really important. “Libraries are the best places to work. You’re meeting people, but you’re not trying to sell them […]

Dawn Hallewell, one of the runners up was able to attend conference to receive her award in person. Ms Hallewell is a County Durham family support officer who helps […]

With Local Service Champions Day fast approaching on 17 October, we chatted with Diane Peacock, the branch secretary at UNISON’s City of Sunderland branch, about the exciting plans her team have in place to celebrate local government’s hidden heroe

‘There is an alternative‘ says general secretary as he lambasts austerity and calls for properly funded public services