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Edmond Jeffries (pictured) from the executive said that “more and more of our members face poverty pay, doing more for less”. He noted that the union had to […]

“I’m concerned that the new legislation on the gender pay gap will do little to change the working lives of women like me. “We need to do all we can to […]

The staff from both areas were faced with huge cuts to their pay and conditions. Becky Everett from Derby told conference that she lost £264 a month and explained how this […]

Describing how the economic failure and social disaster of the global financial meltdown has been “devastating for the poorest of the […]

Conference pledges to campaign on funding crisis and step up action to organise workers

Services get worse and services get fragmented, conference was told. UNISON has had some success in fighting […]

Vice president Carol Sewell (above) read a statement from the Kensington and Chelsea branch, which told of “distraught” members’ efforts to help, working throughout the […]

For the national FE and sixth-form colleges committee, Simon Steptoe emphasised the union’s long-term belief that […]

There is “a culture of fear, and intimidation, and anxiety” affecting members, Nottingham’s Adrian Picton told conference. As […]

This threat to the quality of education and the jobs of teaching staff will be opposed by UNISON, working alongside teachers and parents […]

Delegates spoke of the avoidable deaths of scores of working class people at the Grenfell tower, and lamented that it took a tragedy to push safe housing up the government’s agenda. They called […]

But while they are “experiencing isolation,” when the union gets its organising and recruitment right, "we can see Black workers becoming developed as activists, as stewards and […]