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They call the government's rationale for its bill "perverse", adding that unions are an important voice for workers […]

Living standards are at painful lows for many of the poorest in our society. In short, the government has its work cut out over the coming months and years. Why, then, is the government needlessly […]

Dave Prentis comments on the announcement in the Lords that the government is no longer to stop unions from collecting members’ subs via their pay packets

I’m glad that the government have seen sense at this late stage. Dave Prentis’s blog UNISON general secretary Dave […]

"But the Bill with all its vindictive attacks on people at work and their unions remains. The government seems determined to stop people from having a voice at work. “Ministers want to make life as […]

UNISON Cymru/Wales head of local government Dominic MacAskill, who is staff side secretary of the Joint Council for Wales, said: “This bill […]

The government was heavily defeated on each vote, and will now be forced to rethink its plans when the bill […]

"We have made clear to the UK government that, as significant parts of the Bill relate specifically to public services which are devolved […]

Attacking the "vicious, vindictive bill", which the government prefered to spend time on rather than dealing with the real problems that the country faces, he […]

The government is bringing in a trade union law that is going to make it harder for us to work on your behalf when […]

"The government is dividing the public and trade unionists." But, she asked, "Who are trade unionists if not the […]

Women are hardest hit by the government’s austerity agenda too. I know that access to justice is a particular concern. Restrictions made […]

Despite the government’s claims to the contrary, their plans are about gagging charities and charity workers from conducting necessary scrutiny.

 “In much of the public sector, unions pay the hospital trust or the local council the cost of taking the subs at source, so there is no cost to the public purse […]

Did you know your local UNISON branch... (print this off and fill in one of your branch achievements, or just when your […]