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Court overturns LGPS regulations banning investment decisions which aren’t in line with government foreign and defence policy

“And those in the dock know they are not alone, they have the support of the international trade union movement behind […]

We enable the business to run – whether that's within a local authority, within the NHS, in call centres. None of our public services can function without these support staff.” The […]

“The situation resembles a war zone in a country that is not at war.”

General secretary praises the union’s growth and how solidarity is seeing strikes and success stories around the UK

Local government union leader tells delegates about the fight back against the far right

Union issues statement on the current situation in the south American country

I’m proud that UNISON is campaigning against the mistreatment of Palestinian child prisoners. I hope you will stand with us as we demand that the UK government speak out and take action to end this gross denial of international law and children’s rights. And we will not stop until the reprehensible and self-defeating punishment of Palestinian children by the Israeli state ends once and for all.

Conference hears of treatment of the Palestinian people, plus the plight of LGBT workers in Colombia, Turkey and Jamaica

General secretary writes to Turkish ambassador over murder of trade union leader

A new documentary celebrates an act of international solidarity by Scottish factory workers that has entered into union folklore

A new documentary celebrates an act of international solidarity by Scottish factory workers that has entered into union folklore.

National delegate conference hears emotive speeches on the mistreatment of Palestinian children

American trade unionist gives a rousing and compassionate speech to UNISON’s national delegate conference

South Korea may have hosted the Winter Olympics to warm applause, but the country’s trade unionists remain in the cold