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As the election approaches, Unison is continuing to work tirelessly in the marginals. For the past year we have been funding local organisers and winning support for Labour. Not for a party of business or a party of the middle, but for our…
Tomorrow local government workers will make up the majority of those taking part in the largest day of strike action the Coalition has faced. Thousands will be out in force protesting against the government’s punitive public sector pay…
“The best of times and the worst of times” - Charles Dickens wrote 160 years ago to begin his novel A Tale of Two Cities. But today we’re not dealing with two cities. It’s now a tale of two countries – of two nations. In one of them, things…
Today, against a backdrop of anger over pay, the destruction of our NHS and deep cuts to local government and other key services, UNISON's annual conference kicks off in Brighton. 2,000 public sector workers have travelled from across the…
As Fair Pay Fortnight begins, the unrelenting ferocity of this government’s assault on the pay of working people is plain to see. Using public sector pay as a battering ram for driving down the wages of all workers, it set course…
A new report by New Economics Foundation for Unison is a stark reminder, if one were needed, that public sector pay will be central to the debate about the cost of living crisis over the coming months. As such, what the two Eds say next on…
Back in 2010 George Osborne used a myth that low pay was only a problem in the private sector, that all pay in the public sector is pretty good as justification for his announcement of a public sector pay freeze in his first budget. He used…
A glance at the agenda for our union's annual conference, starting today in Liverpool, shows the sheer breadth of the damage that this Tory-led coalition is wreaking on its citizens. Our union, our members, and the services that they…
The coalition government love a good bandwagon and its latest target is tax dodgers. We see a lot of crocodile tears being shed over honest taxpayers being swindled out of millions by big business and dodgy accounting and it is clear that a…
According to government figures unemployment is falling, but detailed analysis from UNISON has shown that in parts of the UK more than twenty people are chasing every vacancy. UNISON Chief Dave Prentis, explains just how high the odds are…
In the Autumn Statement George Osborne and the Coalition Government had yet another opportunity to implement an economic policy that could do some real good for people across the country. They could have chosen to introduce changes to the…
Tomorrow, Labour leader Ed Miliband will join union leaders to address a rally of tens of thousands of ordinary men and women who have marched through the streets of London calling out for a future that works. The Tories, of course, will…
