But championing and defending our members are always on UNISON’s agenda
Local service champions
As the biggest local government union in the country, we will always fight for local services – and for the funding that’s needed to provide them. So it was fantastic to see so many people getting behind the heartbeat of our local communities, local government workers, on our first Local Service Champions Day yesterday. There’s […]
With Local Service Champions Day fast approaching on 17 October, we chatted with Diane Peacock, the branch secretary at UNISON’s City of Sunderland branch, about the exciting plans her team have in place to celebrate local government’s hidden heroe
July might have meant the start of the summer holidays proper, but UNISON and our members are still on the case
Peterborough youth worker is a Local Service Champion and has been honoured by the Queen
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Dave Prentis addressing the Local Government Association annual conference in Bournemouth today (Thursday)
New film will kickstart recognition of overlooked council staff
‘We are an essential part of our communities,” local government conference hears as it backs new national campaign to promote local service champions
From campaigning around pay to fairness for apprenticeships, local government delegates discussed a wide range of issues this afternoon
A new campaign will raise the profile of the union’s 600,000 local government members