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NDC delegates agree that it is time to get angry

UNISON’s national delegate conference back fight against coalition attacks on employment and trade union rights

Article on the UNISON National site.

Help fight back against the attack on the equality duty

You can help the fight back against attacks on the equality duty by asking your MP to ask them to sign an early day motion reaffirming commitment to the duty

Article on the UNISON National site.

New posters can help fight disabled hate crime

UNISON’s national disabled members’ committee is concerned that members with learning difficulties may face hate crime at work and in the community

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON gives evidence to the equality duty review

Union says it has only been two years since the Public Sector Equality Duty came into force and this review is premature

Article on the UNISON National site.

Helping members after the floods

UNISON help and advice for branches dealing with members who have been affected by the recent floods is now available

Article on the UNISON National site.

Disabled members stress the importance of public transport

All workers need to be able to get to work, say delegates at UNISON’s disabled members’ conference

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON condemns return to ‘Dickensian’ times

Disabled members’ conference hears that welfare reform risks putting disabled workers in poverty

Article on the UNISON National site.

‘Two-faced, money-grubbing, callous, ignorant ATOS’

UNISON president condemns welfare to work and company running it

Article on the UNISON National site.

Disabled members’ conference hears call for workplace advocates

Delegate stresses that UNISON reps have the skills to be workplace advocates for disabled members

Article on the UNISON National site.

Delegates stress that ‘disability hate crime is real’

Speakers at UNISON’s disabled members’ conference testify to reality of disability hate crime ‘at home, at work, on the streets’

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.

Thousands mobilise for TUC demos across the UK

The marches in London, Glasgow and Belfast will send the government a strong message that people want a Future that Works

Article on the UNISON National site.