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Libby Nolan is president, with Steve North and Julia Mwaluke in support

Despite the challenges ahead, Andrea passionately believes that workers’ interests will be served by a united trade union movement and a vigorous Labour Party. “I […]

So I’m used to organising to win.” At a meeting that morning with Yorkshire bin workers, he says that all they had wanted to talk about was pay. “That was interesting, because they were […]

“I was one of the original young UNISON members when I worked in children’s residential services at Bolton council, 20 years […]

Everyone nods. “It feels to me that since austerity, public service workers like us have felt all the pressure,” adds James. “We know the cracks are starting to show, but […]

“What’s more positive is that this is UNISON and the TUC's year of the young worker. We've been talking for a long time about how to attract more young activists. And as a […]

Gordon McKay opens union’s national delegate conference in Liverpool highlighting victories and the benefits of being in UNISON

He and his wife were just starting a young family at the time. But Gordon does remember, very clearly, the incident in the early 1990s that […]

UNISON’s new president Gordon McKay talks about his ambitions for his year in office

Ayrshire mental health nurse Gordon Mckay knew he had to act when he saw a colleague reduced to tears by a manager in the 1990s – now he’s the union president

UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC) has elected Gordon McKay, a mental health nurse from Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, as president at the union’s annual national conference in Brighton. Gordon started working for the NHS in 1987 and joined UNISON’s predecessor, NUPE, on the same day. Gordon, who has been part of the presidential team for a year, […]

UNISON president opens union’s national delegate conference in Brighton

“People are dying before they can be treated.” And there are problems all public sector workers face: “The value of our wages has declined sharply as the cost of living has increased […]

UNISON’s national executive council has elected Margaret McKee, a catering assistant from Belfast, as president at the union’s annual national conference in Brighton. Margaret has been a catering assistant at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast for 38 years. She has been an activist for most of that time as well as joint chair of […]

Now is its time of need: the NHS needs us and we cannot be found wanting, vice-president Carol Sewell tells demonstration