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Students protest against Sussex University privatisation

“ill-conceived mess could cost the university more money, not less”, says UNISON

Article on the UNISON National site.

Public sector probation trusts to be ruled out of bidding for probation services

Union accuses the justice minister of deliberately dismantling the probation service

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON brands plans to privatise probation service as ‘dangerously misguided’

Plans will dismantle the probation service, which has been 105 years in the making, adds the union

Article on the UNISON National site.

Research reveals medical suppliers exploit NHS

UNISON highlights how NHS Logistics helped avoid such issues, but was sold off

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON urges Scottish government to act on tax dodging

Union calls for bar on tax-evading firms winning public contracts

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON ramps up campaign ahead of Living Wage week

Union plans week of activity, including seminar and parliamentary event, to boost the fight for a living wage

Article on the UNISON National site.

Public services should ‘benefit society’ not ‘make a profit’

Profit motive in public services condemned by UNISON disabled members’ conference

Article on the UNISON National site.

Union plans pay strategy

Activists and negotiators meet for two day seminar on pay, bargaining and equality

Article on the UNISON National site.

Update on local government pension scheme

Principles and timetable for negotiation

Article on the UNISON National site.

Public hit with £1.3bn a year bill for private contract fraud

Huge cost involved in outsourcing revealed

Article on the UNISON National site.

Economic vandalism: not voted for by the people not in the interests of this country

Landmark New Year message pledges UK’s biggest three unions to mobilise in 2011

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON AND THE FAWCETT SOCIETY WELCOME THE GOVERNMENTS COMMITMENT TO TACKLE DISCRIMINATION AND INEQUALITY, BUT CALL FOR ACTION ON EQUAL PAY

UNISON and the Fawcett Society have welcomed the Government’s commitment to tackle inequality and discrimination in the Equality Bill, due to be published on Monday, but want action to toughen up equal pay legislation

Article on the UNISON National site.

Prime Minister is wrong on PFI: UNISON

The Prime Minister is mistaken if he thinks the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is the solution to public service reform, UNISON, the UK’s biggest union said today

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON wins backing for fair wages fight in Europe

UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis, today won the support of European Public Service unions, representing over 40m people, for a fair wages fight across Europe. The unions have pledged to back UNISON’s campaign to secure measures aimed at protecting British public services workers, who are being pushed into the arms of private companies as part of the Government’s privatisation plans

Article on the UNISON National site.