Brexit – what UNISON is doing now

Four years after Article 50, UNISON is working hard to keep the government honest over the UK’s separation from Europe – and the settled status deadline is fast approaching

UNISON calls for deadline extension for settled status

Many measures supporting workers with the settled status application process have been withdrawn during the pandemic

Settling the nerves

UNISON reps are being trained to help EU members through the minefield of settled status

Behind the headlines, Magazine, UNISON people on the Magazine site.

Settled status: UNISON can help

“UNISON will carry on campaigning with, and on behalf, of our European members and their families to retain their existing rights post Brexit.”

A guiding hand through the immigration minefield

Lawyer Sairah Javed runs a helpline for UNISON members seeking immigration advice

Behind the headlines, Magazine, UNISON people on the Magazine site.

Keir Starmer: ‘The public should have the option to remain’

Shadow Brexit secretary tells UNISON that the option to remain in the EU should be part of any second referendum

Immigration advice as Brexit approaches

If you’re a member and worried about your status after the UK’s scheduled departure from the European Union, we can help

Defying the cold and looking to the future

UNISON started the new year in January as we mean to go on

Employers encouraged to pay EU workers’ ‘settled status’ fees

UNISON publishes new guidance for branches, and a model letter to public-service employers, as pilot scheme is rolled out across the UK in November, based on employment

‘We can’t sleepwalk into another Windrush’

MPs voice cross-party support for protecting the rights of all five million EU and UK citizens threatened by Brexit

UNISON members set for final lobby over their Brexit future

Union calls for citizens’ rights to be ‘written in stone’ – whatever happens to Brexit negotiations

September – and we are on song!

Health pay, local government cuts, outsourcing, Brexit…. new term, same curriculum

UNISON spells out settled status for its EU members

The union introduces new guidance documents and web pages dedicated to Brexit