Union NEC hears round-up of action in court and workplaces to defend workers
Industrial action
Campus operations staff at Queen Margaret University chalk up win in campaign against outsourcing threat
University workers vote 2-1 for strike action, but ballot does not meet the threshold for legal strike action
Dispute over outsourcing risk at Queen Margaret University sees 100% vote for action in 75% turn-out
Shadow education secretary sends message to UNISON members voting in ballot on pay
Local MPs back drug and alcohol support workers, who were told that pay rises would match NHS workers
indefinite strike planned from 26 August if there is no resolution to outsourcing dispute
Compass employees demand pay parity, while staff in Liverpool celebrate their own victory
Noisy, colourful and good humoured pickets call for fair pay
Members at three NHS trusts deliver 100% vote for strikes to win NHS rates for all staff
Ballot will start in autumn following rejection of employers’ final pay offer
Picket lines mark the start of seven days of action against plans to transfer members to a wholly owned subsidiary private company
From Birmingham to Bangor, from Doncaster to Sandwell, UNISON members were winning in May – and their union was growing stronger too
Bradford hospital staff start industrial action vote over NHS trust’s plans to transfer them to wholly owned subsidiary company
Outsourced Doncaster and Bassetlaw hospital members plan 11 days of strikes in May to win health service pay rise