Just this morning came news that three Midlands police forces are considering outsourcing their control room and have asked private security firm G4S to […]
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Research from the Smith Institute shows that low-paid workers bear the brunt of contracting-out as their pay and conditions get worse
Read the UNISON TTIP briefing Watch the stop TTIP […]
"Let’s face it, every privatisation, from our railways and the energy sector onward, has been proved to be inefficient, less responsive […]
UNISON manifesto sets out the challenges facing public services and policies needed to meet them
With less than a year to go to the general election, UNISON is launching its manifesto for public services
Photo: Steve Forrest / Workers' Photos "We can change course - we can create our […]
Delegates at the EPSU congress in Toulouse debated the threat from two global trade treaties currently being negotiated
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
Speaking at the union’s annual Police and Justice Conference, Mr Prentis will warn the Government “not to put a cut-price tag on […]
Carolan tells delegates to make sure they take the message out beyond the conference hall to voters
The same could apply to UNISON. "We know the Bill is a cynical attempt to stop those who have complaints about the coalition government and their policies from being able to […]
Delegates applauded the successful anti-privatisation campaigns by police force branches in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and the West […]
Privatisation has meant that "people have to choose between feeding themselves and heating themselves". The […]
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 […]