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

As the campaign against the Trade Union Bill continues, let’s show everyone why we love unions – and UNISON in particular

Ending union members’ right to have their subs deducted from wages would be disruptive, centralist and make absolutely no sense

Workers travel from across the UK to tell their MPs their concerns over trade union bill

UNISON members working in public services will make more than half of the 1,000 strong group of workers travelling from across the UK to lobby their MPs today (Monday) at a mass lobby against the trade union bill in Westminster. Speaking at a rally outside the houses of parliament, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis will […]

Join us on Monday to stop this nightmare that is the Trade Union Bill

My name is Graeme Matheson and I work as a building services engineer

As well as the Trade Union Bill, discussions covered cuts to higher and further education funding, cuts to student grants, increases in loans to students and calls for […]

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Trade unions are there to help: why are they being attacked?

‘It’s time for an alternative to the cuts, the privatising agenda, and to the pay freeze destroying lives,” says Dave Prentis as 85,000 march against austerity, and for workers’ rights

UNISON is campaigning against the bill. We believe MPs should be focusing on the real problems our country faces […]

Unions not too powerful – they’re too weak, say industrial relations academics

Trying to stop nurses, care workers, teaching assistants, hospital cleaners and town hall staff from paying their union subs directly from their wages is an attack we’ve defeated before and one which we will overcome again.

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis last night called on the labour movement to defend the right to strike.