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Young members’ weekend

It will come against a background unremitting attacks on public services, and on young people, so one focus will be a practical campaigning activity, including approaching […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Help illegally underpaid care workers

This Decent Jobs Week, UNISON is focusing attention on the 220,000 care workers who are illegally underpaid

Article on the UNISON National site.

Injured workers find it harder to get justice

Health and safety deregulation make it more important than ever to be in a union, UNISON tells policy seminar

Article on the UNISON National site.

Thanks for raising £16,000

Acquired brain injury charity thanks UNISON members for their support during Maureen le Marinel’s presidential year

Article on the UNISON National site.

NHS strike – follow live

NHS workers are on strike from 7am to 11am. Follow the action live.

Article on the UNISON National site.

Urgent: get your MP to back the NHS

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

Article on the UNISON National site.

Prepare to turn the spotlight on the stars in our schools

There are now less than three weeks to go until UNISON turns the spotlight on the stars in our schools – the unsung heroes who keep our schools running – and you still have time to play your part

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON campaign sees critical mass of schools commit to the Living Wage

Staff in more than 12,000 schools are set to be paid the Living Wage as a result of landmark agreements secured by UNISON in the run up to Living Wage Week

Article on the UNISON National site.

Living Wage Week kicks off with new rates – and a warning

New rates set at £7.85 an hour and £9.15 in London – but UNISON warns that too many are paid well below this

Article on the UNISON National site.

Health members to stage second four-hour stoppage as pay row escalates

UNISON members working in the NHS in England will stage a four-hour stoppage between 7am and 11am on Monday 24 November followed by a week of action short of strike action

Article on the UNISON National site.

Britain needs a payrise – live blog

We’re marching in Belfast, Glasgow and London to show the government that we won’t stand for poverty pay any longer. Follow the live blog for the latest updates:

Article on the UNISON National site.

NHS workers are taking their breaks – live blog

NHS industrial action is not over. This week NHS staff will be taking their meal times and breaks, and ambulance workers will not be doing any voluntary over time. Follow the live blog for the latest updates.

Article on the UNISON National site.

Care UK strikers hit the streets of London

Striking Care UK workers took their struggle to the streets of London today, before being welcomed at UNISON Centre by members of the union’s NEC and general secretary Dave Prentis

Article on the UNISON National site.

Pull out the stops on pay

NEC meeting urges mass turn-out for 18 October rallies to climax a week of action on pay

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON shortlisted for living wage award

UNISON has been shortlisted as a living wage champion by the Living Wage Foundation in recognition for the union’s work on the issue throughout the past year

Article on the UNISON National site.