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‘The dedication to the cause of UNISON members has been incredible, and it’s been matched by the incredible strength shown by those taking action’.

That’s a simple demand that everyone should be able to agree with. Yet for too long, women workers have had to struggle […]

‘The women are standing up,’ say Glasgow equal pay claimants on eve of strike

Equal pay victory ‘would be an inspiration to millions of other women fighting for better pay’.

Around 8,000 school staff, nursery workers, care workers, caterers and cleaners – the majority of them UNISON members – will walk out on 23 and 24 October in the largest equal pay strike since the Equal Pay Act was passed

Suffragettes will lead Scottish demonstration in continuing struggle over grading system and equal pay

‘Higher education workers deserve fair pay’ conference declares as it sets out plans to build joint pay claim with fellow unions

Today, Reading council – the only local authority in England and Wales to have never settled an equal pay claim – will face 60 women in court, challenging them to cough up the £1.5 million they missed out on by being paid less than their male colleagues for years

Reading council – the only local authority in England and Wales never to settle an equal pay claim – will today (Monday) be challenged in court by more than 60 women owed over £1.5m because they were paid less than their male colleagues for years, says their union UNISON. The women – mostly care workers, […]

“While we welcome the reduction in the pay gap for full-time workers, this masks a huge divide between them and part-time workers. “In some sectors such as local […]

“We would go further,” the Labour leader said. “We would strengthen trade union and employment rights. We would be a government that says that trade unions are a force for […]

Cuts to local councils have meant fewer domestic violence workers, fewer refuges and fewer options for women to protect themselves and their families. This […]

During Heart UNISON week it’s worth remembering that while taking strike action is never easy, the results can make a huge difference to people’s lives

We say, time and time again, that there needs to be decent, quality, well paid part-time work if we are ever to close the gap; that there needs to […]

Today is the point at which the average woman working full-time starts working for free