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Union congratulates senior equalities officer on new role in European trade unionism

Dave Prentis urges members to march in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast ahead of UN climate change talks

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis speaks at TUC race relations fringe

UNISON and Global Justice Now, who are running the campaign, believe that TTIP could be the biggest threat to democracy of our generation. This is true both at national level […]

‘The daily images of desperate men, women and children fleeing the escalating violence have shocked the world’

The UNISON International Solidarity Group and the UNISON Royal Hospital branch are organising the seventh annual Feile Walk on 8 August

Despite poverty, Nicaraguans are no longer down in the dumps

Meanwhile, conference heard, the kalafa system of employment means that migrant workers are effectively enslaved and unable to leave the country unless their sponsor or employer agrees […]

Clauses in the draft EU/US trade deal – the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) – that would allow big corporations to sue the UK government must be scrapped or the draft treaty could end up harming the NHS, says UNISON today (Monday) as EU trade commissioner arrives in London to give a speech on the treaty talks.

The UNISON members are intending to raise particular concerns about attacks on workers' rights and the privatisation of the NHS and other public services. Mr Owen said: "UNISON is […]

He contrasted that situation with Nigeria which has 10 times as many health workers per head of population, and where an outbreak of Ebola was successfully contained. The project - […]

Tomorrow, MPs get a chance to vote for Clive Efford’s private member’s bill to protect the NHS from the worst ravages of privatisation – ask your MP to back it

This week I am taking our battle to save our public services from privatisation to Washington DC.  Joining forces with other public sector trade unions from Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Latin America to lobby against from international trade agreements. We in UNISON have been alerting the public in the UK to the danger […]

UNISON has again stressed the dangers posed by the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and similar trade agreements

A number of policy agreements were made which tie in with the union's policy and campaign priorities, including: the […]