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Libby Nolan is president, with Steve North and Julia Mwaluke in support

President Andrea Egan and her vice presidents were announced at national delegate conference

Of NDC, he describes it as “the most important conference for a bit” and says that his hopes for it are “positive”. Expanding, Paul notes: “We haven’t […]

UNISON’s new senior vice president on why post-COVID pay rises are crucial for members

“Austerity has more impact each time and if we get a Tory majority, then with the lurch to the right we’ve already seen, we’re going to […]

We enable the business to run – whether that's within a local authority, within the NHS, in call centres. None of our public services can function without these support staff.” The […]

A scarred society, with needless suffering inflicted on people – a state of affairs highlighted by the UN and then denied by government. Schools “forced to become the fourth […]

UNISON’s new president Gordon McKay talks about his ambitions for his year in office

UNISON’s new president Gordon McKay talks about his ambitions for his year in office

Ayrshire mental health nurse Gordon Mckay knew he had to act when he saw a colleague reduced to tears by a manager in the 1990s – now he’s the union president

UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC) has elected Gordon McKay, a mental health nurse from Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, as president at the union’s annual national conference in Brighton. Gordon started working for the NHS in 1987 and joined UNISON’s predecessor, NUPE, on the same day. Gordon, who has been part of the presidential team for a year, […]

UNISON president opens union’s national delegate conference in Brighton

“It’s time for the message to go out loud and clear – privatisation and PFI have failed and we need to work to get rid of it.” Ms McKee also mentioned the government’s […]

UNISON’s national executive council has elected Margaret McKee, a catering assistant from Belfast, as president at the union’s annual national conference in Brighton. Margaret has been a catering assistant at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast for 38 years. She has been an activist for most of that time as well as joint chair of […]

Now is its time of need: the NHS needs us and we cannot be found wanting, vice-president Carol Sewell tells demonstration