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We’ll support the police staff who keep our homes safe

Experience after experience has shown that privatisation is a false economy

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UNISON calls for outsourcing inquiry after new research

According to the Smith Institute research, government spending cuts are being contracted out, meaning declining standards, pensions and career paths for […]

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UNISON leading the global fight against privatisation

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis has been leading the international trade union response to the threats posed by trade and investment agreements this week.

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UNISON tells TUC delegates: ‘We must challenge the dogma that the market knows best’

UNISON delegates speak at range of TUC motions condemning effects of government policy across public services

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Securing the future of our public services

UNISON manifesto sets out the challenges facing public services and policies needed to meet them

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UNISON to launch public services manifesto

"This is about the choices the government make rather than something that is inevitable. Our manifesto shows there are alternatives." And […]

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EPSU leader spells out the Europe we want

EPSU general secretary Jan Willem Goudriaan’s message to UNISON’s local government conference was that we could change Europe for the betterment of the majority of its people

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EPSU congress hears warning on global treaties

Delegates at the EPSU congress in Toulouse debated the threat from two global trade treaties currently being negotiated

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Efficiency myth of privatisation exploded

Privatisation does not produce efficiency, just a downward pressure on pay, writes Sara Gorton of UNISON in a new Left Foot Forward blog as part of Fair Pay Fortnight

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UNISON chief vows to continue fight against police cuts and privatisation

Dave Prentis pledges to put the weight of the union behind the fight against the cuts and privatisation of the police and probation services

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Time to stop talking in conferences

Carolan tells delegates to make sure they take the message out beyond the conference hall to voters

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UNISON urges members to lobby their MPs over new ‘gagging law’

 "We know the Bill is a cynical attempt to stop those who have complaints about the coalition government and their policies from being able to voice them in the run up to the 2015 general election […]

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Privatisation threat continues to hang over police and probation

‘Battles are being won, but the war continues’ to keep police and probation services out of hands of private companies

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Conference condemns ConDem fire sale of services

Paula Barker of Halton local government said that although the union had to continue to stress the importance of in-house services, "we […]

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On the agenda: an alternative to austerity

UNISON’s national delegate conference meets in Liverpool next week to set the union’s priorities for the year ahead

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