Jeremy Corbyn is a winner. Now he must show that Labour is the winning party of working people
The reason that Jeremy Corbyn has won the contest to be Labour’s new leader today is obvious. Many…
Dave Prentis
A year of high stakes for pay packets
As the general election hurtles towards us, this year’s Fair Pay Fortnight provides a timely reminder of what a…
Labour needs a vision to inspire its roots
As the election approaches, Unison is continuing to work tirelessly in the marginals. For the past year we…
Will Labour remember the forgotten local government workforce?
Tomorrow local government workers will make up the majority of those taking part in the largest day of strike…
Labour needs to deliver the best of times for all
“The best of times and the worst of times” – Charles Dickens wrote 160 years ago to begin…
Public distrust of the government is spreading far and fast
Today, against a backdrop of anger over pay, the destruction of our NHS and deep cuts to local government…
The pay policy pressure cooker
As Fair Pay Fortnight begins, the unrelenting ferocity of this government’s assault on the pay of working people…
Raising the benchmark
A new report by New Economics Foundation for Unison is a stark reminder, if one were needed, that public…
Increasing wages in the public sector will also have a positive influence on the economy
Back in 2010 George Osborne used a myth that low pay was only a problem in the private…
This government is waging class warfare
A glance at the agenda for our union’s annual conference, starting today in Liverpool, shows the sheer breadth…
