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Women have always been central to trade unions and the fight for a better society. To celebrate International Women’s Day we’ve put together a timeline of some of their key achievements

#heartunions was back for 2017 and the energy and enthusiasm of our members and activists did UNISON proud.

Conventional and unconventional approaches to recruitment debated at women’s conference

Across the country, members join together to celebrate trade unions

As a single mum I didn’t know how I was going to provide for my family without them. And it wasn’t just going to affect me – it had such severe consequences […]

North Yorkshire UNISON represents members working for North Yorkshire County Council, Hambleton District Council, Richmondshire District Council, Selby […]

And here are four brief examples from the archive. The match girls strike for better work conditions In 1888, the workforce at the Bryant & May match factory in London faced […]

"It was unions which fought for and won a minimum wage, maternity and paternity rights, pension provision, holiday and sickness […]

I work with people who have memory problems. I’m a community psychiatric nurse so I go to the homes of people who have Alzheimer’s disease or other types of dementia.

NHS needs to operate as one team in the interests of joined-up, high-quality patient care

Annette is a medical secretary in Scotland who loves that UNISON stands up for the whole NHS

Health and safety rep of the year awards highlight key work of union and our reps

‘UNISON has backed me up … has encouraged me to become the person I am’

‘Work with us, in partnership with employers rather than as adversaries, to close the gender pay gap’

UNISON is a group of people having the same interests and the same cause