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Today, we get a new prime minister: Theresa May – and our union will challenge where necessary but also push our agenda on the issues that matter

The public willingness to accept cuts to public services is ‘exhausted’

EPSU general secretary tells local government conference that Brexit would not ‘cure what is wrong in the EU, in the UK or elsewhere’

Neath Port Talbot branch fought a successful campaign against library closures – so just how did they do it?

Student nurses take their fight to save the NHS bursary back onto the capital’s streets

Service helps those with addiction problems handed rescue package that also saves 11 jobs

Facility time, overwork and workplace stress among the big themes as unions engage with employers

There are many myths about the cuts and the need for austerity – here, we’ve picked out four of the main ones

Members across the country call on Edinburgh parliament to use its powers to protect and fund local services people rely on

Thousands upon thousands of UNISON members – and their families – took time on Sunday to come to Manchester and march

‘It’s time for an alternative to the cuts, the privatising agenda, and to the pay freeze destroying lives,” says Dave Prentis as 85,000 march against austerity, and for workers’ rights

MPs from all parties condemn the ‘most significant, sustained and partisan attack’ on workers’ rights in 30 years

On Sunday, it will be just five weeks to the TUC’s demonstration in Manchester marking the opening of the Tory party conference

This is our chance to create a new path that offers hope that offers opportunity to all, UNISON general secretary tells Corbyn rally in Newcastle

“Sixth form colleges need the same funding protection as schools,” says UNISON in the wake of a report from the Sixth Form College Association highlighting the scale of funding cuts