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We’ll support the police staff who keep our homes safe

Just this morning came news that three Midlands police forces are considering outsourcing their control room and have asked private security firm G4S to […]

Article, General Secretary's blog on the UNISON National site.

UNISON calls for outsourcing inquiry after new research

Research from the Smith Institute shows that low-paid workers bear the brunt of contracting-out as their pay and conditions get worse

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON leading the global fight against privatisation

Read the UNISON TTIP briefing Watch the stop TTIP […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON tells TUC delegates: ‘We must challenge the dogma that the market knows best’

UNISON delegates speak at range of TUC motions condemning effects of government policy across public services

Article on the UNISON National site.

Securing the future of our public services

UNISON manifesto sets out the challenges facing public services and policies needed to meet them

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON to launch public services manifesto

With less than a year to go to the general election, UNISON is launching its manifesto for public services

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

EPSU leader spells out the Europe we want

And he said that, if asked, the people of Europe did not want the continuation of the privatisation of services. "It's not a Europe we want," he said, adding that, in the coming years, tax justice […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

EPSU congress hears warning on global treaties

Delegates at the EPSU congress in Toulouse debated the threat from two global trade treaties currently being negotiated

Article on the UNISON National site.

Efficiency myth of privatisation exploded

Privatisation does not produce efficiency, just a downward pressure on pay, writes Sara Gorton of UNISON in a new Left Foot Forward blog as part of Fair Pay Fortnight

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON chief vows to continue fight against police cuts and privatisation

Speaking at the union’s annual Police and Justice Conference, Mr Prentis will warn the Government “not to put a cut-price tag on […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Time to stop talking in conferences

Carolan tells delegates to make sure they take the message out beyond the conference hall to voters

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON urges members to lobby their MPs over new ‘gagging law’

Use the 38 degrees site to contact your MP about the gagging […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Privatisation threat continues to hang over police and probation

Delegates applauded the successful anti-privatisation campaigns by police force branches in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and the West […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Conference condemns ConDem fire sale of services

Privatisation has meant that "people have to choose between feeding themselves and heating themselves". The […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

On the agenda: an alternative to austerity

We are at the heart of the campaigns against cuts, against NHS privatisation and in favour of an alternative budget." But to keep up our campaigning we need to organise and […]

Article on the UNISON National site.