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“Proposed public-sector redundancy cap will affect hundreds of thousands of workers providing vital public services”, warns UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis

With rents rising in the independent and private rented sector, creating an affordability crisis, plans to cut or freeze housing benefit will mean […]

More than 4,000 physical and verbal assaults on housing staff reported in 2014 and at beginning of 2015

UNISON warns that extending right-to-buy to housing association tenants will mean even fewer affordable social homes to rent and worsen the housing crisis

The union is warning that the proposed deal between the EU and US threatens to liberalise and privatise public services and reduce workers' rights and protections. And it will […]

UNISON backs wide-ranging proposals that will give families, the young and low-paid a chance of a decent home

UNISON calls on the government to start an urgent programme of building affordable homes and social housing that people on low incomes can afford

UNISON is calling for action to help people in rented accomodation, as the Independent reveals 50,000 families have been forced out of their London homes by welfare reforms and rising rents

UNISON welcomes new law which aims to protect renters

New report from UNISON Scotland reveals tales of ‘workload increasing but resources being cut and time with each patient going down’

‘When UNISON speaks, I know that we don’t just hear the voice of a political organisation but of ordinary people’ Dan Jarvis MP tells delegates at union’s community seminar and conference

They are also the people facing higher rents and reduced benefits because of changes to housing benefit rules - which place them at a greater risk of rent arrears, evictions and […]

If you work for RNIB - or any other community and voluntary organisation - and would like to find out more about the benefits of joining UNISON, check out our online […]

UNISON to the fore as Lords debate working conditions in the care sector

With changes to Social Housing Pension Scheme (SHPS) schemes planned, branches and activists need to reach out to members in local government and community to ensure they know what’s happening