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UNISON calls on EU governments to strike out controversial clause from draft trade treaty

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.

Article, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Play fair, FIFA and Qatar told

UNISON higher education conference demands fair treatment for World Cup workers

Article on the UNISON National site.

A view of the world: Nicaragua

For years there was a community living on the tip, surviving on whatever they could scavenge from the […]

Magazine on the UNISON National site.

Walk the Belfast hills to raise money for Gaza’s children

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

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON urges the government to show compassion and accept more refugees

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

Article, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Campaign against TTIP gains momentum

Councils sign up to support campaign against transatlantic trade deal that threatens democracy

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

It is our ‘humanitarian and moral duty’ to act over refugee crisis

"Desperate refugees fleeing conflicts have been dying in Europe’s pitiless seas for years. The world has turned its face away - and our tabloid papers and our politicians should hang […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

March for the climate, justice and jobs in November

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

Article on the UNISON National site.

Gloria Mills elected as ETUC women’s committee president

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

Article on the UNISON National site.

‘Our hearts go out to Paris’: message to French unions

“We stand in solidarity with our sisters and brothers,” says message to French unions

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Paris climate demos cancelled – join the marches in the UK

"By marching on 28 and 29 November, our voices will be stronger than ever in calling for a climate deal that must protect people and the […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON takes the ‘route of shame’ in defence of workers’ rights

The union marks Human Rights Day by targeting countries that are the ‘worst’ abusers of trade union rights

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Refugee Christmas appeals

They are working on help for the the immediate emergency and long-term practical support. Refugee Action... ... is running an […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Remembering the Holocaust

"There is no place in a civilised society for practices that are designed to create fear and hatred." UNISON activists can show their support […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

“My employer ‘gave’ me to someone else”

Through its International Development Fund, UNISON is supporting efforts to protect Indian workers from exploitation when migrating to the Gulf

Blogs, Magazine on the UNISON National site.