Young members month

Opinion: Why mental health matters for young workers

It’s TUC Young Workers’ Month and UNISON’s young members are using it to promote their campaign, Young Members’ Mental Health Matters!

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What public service workers want from this election 

Cost of living, the economy and the health service dominate UNISON members’ concerns

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Survey reveals impact on families of low maternity pay

Statutory maternity pay, at 47% of the national living wage and 37% of women’s median incomes, is forcing new mothers back to work early or into debt

Swelling bankers’ pay packets won’t help people struggling with bills

Ministers should be helping the millions struggling with rising bills, not allowing their wealthy pals to feather their nests further

PM’s policy wheezes are last desperate roll of the dice from a government on borrowed time

Christina McAnea tells Rishi Sunak to call an election and let the people elect a government that can put right the many wrongs of the past decade

Get support with your energy bills

The vice chair of There for You’s board, Debi Potter, explains the upcoming phase of the Energy Support Fund

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Workers speak out about mileage rates

“We have not had an increase in our mileage costs for twelve years, yet the fuel prices have vastly been inflated”

Through the roof

The rapid rise of rent is putting low-paid UNISON members at risk of destitution.

Behind the headlines, Magazine on the Magazine site.

Out-of-date mileage rates are driving workers into poverty

Research shows that the ‘mileage gap’ is costing NHS, social care, police and local government employees up to £6,000 a year. Janey Starling reports

Behind the headlines, UNISON people on the Magazine site.
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Conference continues debate on the cost of living

Three motions on the issue were debated on Friday morning – including the effect on Black workers and renters

Glen Williams speaking at 2023 LG conference

Time to fight for a fair pay rise

Local government conference opens in Liverpool with a refusal ‘to be made poorer by this government’

The Future We Want

Labour’s deputy leader, UNISON’s general secretary and a leading UNISON activist – three very influential women – discuss the politics needed to bring about change

Behind the headlines, Magazine on the Magazine site.

UNISON calls for tougher taxes on energy profits

While workers are struggling to pay their energy costs, BP has announced profits of £4 billion in the first three months of this year

Bank’s chief economist is “living on another planet”

Denying staff a pay rise won’t help the economy

Pay pay pay

Protecting and increasing pay is vital to UNISON. We organise, we act, we win. But the work never stops. Get involved and let’s win together.

Magazine, UNISON on film on the Magazine site.