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63% of members vote for action; industrial action authorised

Dave Prentis puts the case to Guardian readers for UNISON members carrying out a vital role

UNISON members in the Food Standards Agency are set to ballot for industrial action on pay in the coming weeks, after the employer forced a 0.75% pay rise on them earlier this year

Ballot papers to go out next week to more than 500 UNISON members working for the FSA in England, Wales and Scotland

With less than a year to go to the general election, UNISON is launching its manifesto for public services

EPSU general secretary Jan Willem Goudriaan’s message to UNISON’s local government conference was that we could change Europe for the betterment of the majority of its people

Local government conference hears details of the threat to independent meat inspection as the government plans further deregulation

UNISON urges members to lobby for safe food

Union calls on public to lobby MEPs to stop changes to regulations that would weaken inspection of meat

Carolan tells delegates to make sure they take the message out beyond the conference hall to voters

New law threatens to gag charities, NGOs, blogs, think-tanks, trade unions and other campaigning organisations by severely restricting how much money they can spend on political campaigning in the year running up to a general election

Supermarkets must back UNISON campaign to keep meat hygiene inspectors and rigorous inspection at the heart of consumer protection

Unions says that nothing on the scale of the horsemeat scandal should be allowed to happen again

We need to make sure the meat on our plates is safe to eat, says union

UNISON says that proper investment is needed to avoid any more horsemeat scandals