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‘The need for stability and reassurance has never been greater,’ says Dave Prentis

Government plan to replace Human Rights Act is ‘the gravest threat to freedom in Britain since the Second World War’

UNISON members continue the fight for fair pay and the real living wage

We didn’t manage to defeat the entire bill, but we did manage to remove several elements of it that would have irrevocably damaged the trade […]

“Of course we’d rather the Bill had never existed, and there is much that is still wrong with it. Even with today’s amendments it […]

Ministers have backed away from an outright ban on facility time across the UK’s public services

He added: "I'm really proud of UNISON and the campaign we've run on check-off: persistence and focus paid off." Commenting on the […]

Dave Prentis comments on the announcement in the Lords that the government is no longer to stop unions from collecting members’ subs via their pay packets

NEC hears update on Trade Union Bill and agrees EU referendum campaign

Peers voted overwhelmingly for three amendments to the bill, on electronic balloting, facility time, and the funds used by unions for political campaigning […]

The motion against the Trade Union Bill states that the legislation is both an attack on democracy and current good industrial […]

The union's higher education conference in Southport called on members to lobby MPs and members of the House of Lords – such as university chancellors – alongside Welsh AMs and […]

Women workers fought long and hard for their right to join union, but UNISON warns that the attacks in this bill could leave them […]

“We need to put in place measures not just to stop this government but to grow and strengthen our union,” Dave Prentis tells executive meeting

Your skills, your future is the one-day workshop developed by UNISON learning to help members identify all the skills they already have, put them to good use and […]