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We may not be in Europe, but the threat of TTIP remains

UNISON will continue the fight to exclude public services from secret trade agreements

Article on the UNISON National site.

Voices for Palestine won’t be silenced

Conference hears that the boycott and disvestment campaign is working well

Article on the UNISON National site.

PSI general secretary: ‘We must stop the race to the bottom’

Rosa Pavanelli tells delegates that “we must take democracy very seriously,” as she outlines global threat by multinational corporations

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

‘We can fight together for a more social Europe’

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

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Union backs 18 June convoy in solidarity with refugees

Union calls on members to take part in or donate goods to convoy travelling to refugee camp in Calais

Article on the UNISON National site.

Calais Convoy Saturday 18 June

Date
18 June 2016 10:30am–11:00pm
Location
Whitehall, London

Event on the UNISON National site.

UNISON urges Colombia to protect activists from paramilitaries

More than 500 Colombian trade unionists and human rights campaigners murdered in the past five years as threat increases

News on the UNISON National site.

Rhondda Cynon Taf becomes latest council to condemn TTIP

UNISON congratulates south Wales council on adopting motion condemning secretary trade deal

Article on the UNISON National site.

“My employer ‘gave’ me to someone else”

Through its International Development Fund, UNISON is supporting efforts to protect Indian workers from exploitation when migrating to the Gulf

Blogs, Magazine on the UNISON National site.

UNISON branch consultation on the EU referendum

Over the next few months there will be an increased focus on the EU referendum on 23 June 2016. UNISON wants to ensure that members’ voices are heard in this important debate. We are setting up a branch consultation to ensure that members’ views inform the union’s position. The information collected from the consultation will be used to assist […]

Page on the UNISON National site.

Remembering the Holocaust

On Holocaust Memorial Day, light a candle as a sign of remembrance and hope

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Refugee Christmas appeals

Branches and activists have asked for union advice on how they might offer practical solidarity and support

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON takes the ‘route of shame’ in defence of workers’ rights

The union marks Human Rights Day by targeting countries that are the ‘worst’ abusers of trade union rights

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Paris climate demos cancelled – join the marches in the UK

Demonstrations and marches cancelled after Paris attacks

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

‘Our hearts go out to Paris’: message to French unions

“We stand in solidarity with our sisters and brothers,” says message to French unions

Article, News on the UNISON National site.