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Guest speaker Daniella Vega Sotelo, a member of the peasant farmer’s union FENSUAGRO, spoke of being a trade unionist in Colombia

The company has faced persistent allegations of the use of forced labour involving its migrant workforce. The International Labour Organisation has 11 indicators […]

UNISON demands that a migrant workers’ centre is created in Qatar, as the key legacy of the global sporting event

It became evident that the prosecution’s case against Gonul was not for any crime, but for her role in championing workers’ and women’s rights and her legitimate […]

Kurdish woman died in hospital after three days in police custody

The 1861 Offences Against the Person Act – a Victorian law passed 67 years before women won the right to vote – classifies abortion as a crime that carries a punishment of up to […]

In a court in Ankara, I saw first-hand how the Turkish state is determined to deny justice to trade unionists accused of ‘terrorism’ for doing their union duties

Kojo Koram punctures the collective amnesia about the British Empire, proving its stark relevance to the daily machinations of the British state in 2022

At the end of last year, UNISON joined with Justice for Colombia in publishing for the first time in English, the names of all the 962 social and […]

International committee welcomes IFJ’s complaint to the International Criminal Court regarding Israel’s targeting of journalists working in Palestine

Those on trial include current and former leaders of SES, the public health and social services union. All eight accused were arrested in […]

Peter Read has worked at the Isle of Grain for around 16 years and is also the UNISON branch chair, with a membership density of around 90% among […]

The union is also encouraging members and branches to donate to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal

UNISON is working with the international trade union movement to mobilise support for those affected by the war in Ukraine – and branches and members can help too

UNISON won’t stop advocating for more sanctions until the military junta collapses