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On International Workers’ Memorial Day, let us all take a minute to remember how precious life is and the cost that many workers pay every year, around the globe

Another busy month saw UNISON celebrating victories – and launching new campaigns

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis blogged that, “In 2016 we should be able to design workplaces […]

Lessons must be learned and those responsible for failings held to account

Date

28 April 2018 11:00am

Location

World-wide

International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) on 28 April is our day to remember the dead and fight for the […]

This year's theme is Climate risks for workers’.                              How can members and Branches get involved ? […]

“It was incredibly moving to see the entire nation fall silent and pay its respects”

IWMD will give us the chance to remember the workers who have died because of COVID-19

– The campaign hashtags for the minute’s silence are #neverforgotten and #iwmd20. – UNISON is the UK’s largest union, with more than 1.3 million members providing public services – […]

International Workers’ Memorial Day has renewed focus

So they used the UNISON Safety in Numbers Guide to plan their first branch health and safety meeting for several years. And it was a huge success. As a direct result, they recruited 16 […]

Boris Johnson, Nicola Sturgeon and Mark Drakeford among those to pay tribute

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis has now written to Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State […]

The project on safe migration to the Gulf is supported by the UNISON International Development Fund (UIDF), and implemented by our UIDF partner Anti-Slavery […]

Fortunately few of those are UNISON members, yet too many are still suffering from poor workplace conditions that cause work-related […]