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Marcia’s last stand

Marcia Lewis had worked for Caerphilly Council for more than 20 years, when she suddenly faced the prospect of being fired and rehired. With UNISON’s support, she challenged her employer and won – making a difference for thousands of her colleagues

Behind the headlines, Magazine, UNISON people on the Magazine site.

Welsh leisure centre workers claim insourcing victory

After a UNISON-led campaign, a Welsh council has announced that its leisure services will be brought back in house

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

From Cardiff to Chad: a neonatal nurse’s extraordinary career

Angela Gorman recalls the inspiration for a charity that has saved the lives of thousands of pregnant women in Africa

Magazine, UNISON people on the Magazine site.

‘You don’t achieve anything in the movement by yourself’

But he's keen to stress that joining a union was far from an unthinking action. “It was recognised that the best […]

Magazine, moving on the UNISON National site.

‘You don’t achieve anything in the movement by yourself’

He's been a member of the union for 31 years, having joined the NHS in 1987 and UNISON forebear NUPE on the very same day. “In working class communities in […]

Magazine, UNISON people on the Magazine site.

Making 2019 the year for young workers

Conference agrees to organise and recruit more workers under 25

Article on the UNISON National site.

Welsh Government cracks down on zero-hour contracts in homecare

UNISON praises ‘one step forward in dealing with the complex issue of precarious employment’

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Save Our Services march and rally

Date
4 November 2017 1:00pm–3:00pm
Location
King’s Square, Barry, CF63 4RW

Join us for Fair Funding for Wales, for an end to austerity, and for public sector workers to get the long overdue pay rise they have been denied for seven years

Event on the UNISON National site.

Winning with UNISON

At a time like this, when public services and the people who work in them – whether for private, public or community providers – are […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Fund care to lift women workers out of poverty, Welsh councils urged

UNISON Cymru/Wales writes to all country’s councils on International Women’s Day

Article, News on the UNISON National site.