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The trade unions share numerous concerns relating to the UK’s exit from the European Union, including the effect on worker and union rights, and the […]

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

For public service workers that sum was more than £21,000. Mr Anthony said that UNISON members had not had “the […]

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

‘Now at least UNISON can concentrate on campaigning to protect public sector employees at work and the services they deliver’

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 vote for three key changes to the government’s damaging trade union reforms

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 […]

As the House of Lords discussed clause 14 of the Bill - which seeks to ban union members' right to have their subs deducted from their pay - the […]

“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

Jane Collier is an occupational therapist and branch education officer at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital