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To have or have not: taking responsibility for tomorrow’s affordable homes today launched this week is a call to arms for all those who want to see housing crisis addressed and the jobs dividend this will lead to realised. The report, which…
Yesterday’s unemployment figures make grim reading: the last quarter has seen 39,000 public sector jobs cut, bringing public sector employment to its lowest point since 2003, small overall reductions in unemployment do little to mask the…
Having smashed through a block of ice in the shape of a pound sign earlier in the day, I was more than ready to take our challenge to the Government onto the conference floor this afternoon. The pay freeze has been devastating for public…
As financial storm clouds continue to rain down unemployment and austerity across the EU, three of Europe’s biggest unions - representing more than 5 million public sector workers - are gathering in London to organise a coordinated…
If the Chancellor was acting in the national interests with this year’s budget the issues that would be at the forefront of his mind would be jobs and fairness. For every minute of every day since the Coalition took office someone has been…
Today I join hundreds of campaigners from across the country to warn the government that support for libraries is long overdue. UNISON is a founding member of Speak up for Libraries alongside the National Federation of Women’s Institutes…
On top of frozen pay as inflation rises, and heavy job cuts as pressure grows, public sector workers now face an attack on their pensions. UNISON members providing vital public services care, educate and support - they make our communities…
By Dave Prentis, General Secretary of Unison Last week's riots proved just how much we all rely on a well staffed and well trained police force, fire service, on paramedics, hospital workers, street sweepers, 999 call handlers, control room…
By Dave Prentis, General Secretary of Unison For many public sector workers, this morning's news of how much more the government wants to force them to pay for their pension will have been a shock - as well as very frightening. It will have…
By Dave Prentis, General Secretary of Unison Today, delegates at UNISON's national conference in Manchester received a heartfelt message of thanks from Burmese pro-democracy campaigner, Aung San Suu Kyi - who was given lifetime membership…
By Dave Prentis, General Secretary of Unison This week, thousands of UNISON members from across the country are gathering in Manchester to make their voices heard at our national conference. In the face of attacks on all fronts, our…
By Dave Prentis, General Secretary, Unison We are all in this together... We will protect frontline services... The Tory-led coalition's claims have been proved false time after time, and the cuts to lollipop ladies - and men - taking place…
