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We may not be in Europe, but the threat of TTIP remains

UNISON will continue the fight to exclude public services from secret trade agreements

Article on the UNISON National site.

Activists feel stress of increasing workloads

UNISON to explore ways of supporting activists and reps in stressful situations

Article on the UNISON National site.

Conference agrees measures to support activists

Creative ideas for training, accreditation and mentoring all to the fore as delegates discuss helping reps

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON vows to support young members bullied at work

‘Everyone has the right to work in a safe environment free of bullying and harassment’, delegates told

News on the UNISON National site.

Union will fight government’s proposed ‘bill of rights’

Government plan to replace Human Rights Act is ‘the gravest threat to freedom in Britain since the Second World War’

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON will promote ‘public interest test’ to combat outsourcing

Union remains committed to stopping the march of privatisation of public services

Article on the UNISON National site.

Voices for Palestine won’t be silenced

Conference hears that the boycott and disvestment campaign is working well

Article on the UNISON National site.

‘Refugee lives do matter’

National delegate conference agrees to continue working to combat myths around migration

Article on the UNISON National site.

PSI general secretary: ‘We must stop the race to the bottom’

Rosa Pavanelli tells delegates that “we must take democracy very seriously,” as she outlines global threat by multinational corporations

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Tide is turning against government’s austerity programme, says UNISON

The public willingness to accept cuts to public services is ‘exhausted’

News on the UNISON National site.

Corbyn vows to scrap Trade Union Act when in government

‘Trade unions are a force for good and a force for equality in our society’, Labour leader tells conference

News on the UNISON National site.

Government attack on public service pay ‘a disgrace’

UNISON members continue the fight for fair pay and the real living wage

News on the UNISON National site.

Prentis presents vision of a future built on what unites us

General secretary tells conference humanity has more in common than what divides it – and UNISON is the same

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON must ‘lead the fightback’ against threats to democracy

Conference hears that plans for regional ‘devolution’ have nothing to do with improving the lives of the majority in those areas

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON vows to tackle poverty across society and the deeply divided society it creates

National delegate conference gets underway with discussion on how to tackle the poverty affecting millions across the UK

Article, News on the UNISON National site.