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“People are joining the union for advice and security at this worrying time,” notes Dave Prentis as growth this year tops 15,000

Ours is the union that fights for equal pay and against privatisation. We are the driving force for better public services in all our communities. We celebrate victories […]

The union’s month kicked off with our retired members and police and justice staff conferences in Southport. The service group conference saw assistant general […]

UNISON NEC prepares to Go for Growth in November

Outsourced and fragmented social care threatens jobs, pay, terms and conditions and care standards. Privatisation is a cost-cutting exercise and ultimately it is staff and vulnerable service-users that pay the […]

At a time of real uncertainty for public services with a No Deal Brexit looming on the horizon, these victories make me so proud of our union, and what we can achieve together.

The courts have once again had to step in to stop the abuse of workers and to fix what legislation should have made clear from the outset.” A […]

July might have meant the start of the summer holidays proper, but UNISON and our members are still on the case

Not forgetting the hospital cleaners in Harlow forcing the trust to ditch its privatisation plans. “And, of course, our care workers in Birmingham – finally forcing the council to back […]

Earlier this year, we set ourselves a target – to keep on growing our union. We’re not resting on our laurels, we owe it to every UNISON member and every potential UNISON member to keep on growing and building our collective strength. Over the past month, activists and staff alike have been working on our […]

From Birmingham to Bangor, from Doncaster to Sandwell, UNISON members were winning in May – and their union was growing stronger too

UNISON has been at the forefront of the campaign to reverse the ill-conceived privatisation of the probation service in England and Wales instituted by former justice secretary Chris Grayling […]

At a time when union membership across the world is in decline, it’s UNISON that’s bucking the […]

Reach out to members and non-members with an event – a picnic, a stall in the canteen, cupcakes or a social

As we go for some spring growth in May, what does the data from Grovember tell us? What useful lessons can we pick out from it?