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They don’t do it for the prestige, they do it for the difference they can make to people’s lives, every day – its time to recognise their superhuman efforts

As council budgets are slashed by central government, bankruptcies will continue to increase. Only emergency funding now will save our local services

At Labour’s national policy forum this weekend, UNISON told the party ‘We need a fundamental shift of power and prosperity back into workers’ hands’

The pay crisis that our members are dealing with won’t go away if the government sticks to their current game-plan of ignoring workers and their unions

UNISON’s One Team £2k claim is fair, affordable and the very least the government can do. Over 90% of members responding to our December survey said a £2k rise would boost morale […]

And looking ahead he said: “I want to make it clear to the next Labour government that our union demands that all privatisations, all outsourcing of our NHS be ended immediately. No […]

If the government is truly focused on “increasing economic growth and safeguarding the health and security of the […]

Our local government workers deserve no less credit and applause than health workers – and they deserve fair pay now

General secretary offers support to BMA action on visit to pickets at his local hospital in north London

Strikes are always a symptom of a problem. But the government’s answer is to fast-track new legislation that will add further restrictions on the right to […]

“This government let frontline workers take responsibility when times were at their toughest, but now it refuses to take responsibility for the things that are in its control”

I didn’t think so. Tell your MP, today, to save our services by giving local government emergency funding […]

As part of the government’s Living with COVID-19 plan, from 1 April, it will remove the health and safety requirement for […]

But that ignores the large amounts of public money invested in pharmaceutical research by governments and public bodies such as universities, and this is especially true when it comes to the COVID-19 […]

Too much rests on whether there is a supportive employer locally, rather than whether there is an overarching expectation of a supportive culture in most […]