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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…
It should be little wonder that pay is high on the agenda at UNISON’s annual conference in Bournemouth this week. Teaching assistants, care workers and paramedics are in the midst of a damaging squeeze on their pay. During a period in which…
According to the Guardian, Prentis said: "Progress seems like a party within a party. Our affiliation is to the Labour party. We don't expect an organisation to be allowed to grow within it." The Guardian also suggest that Unison would back…
The latest victims of the Tory-led coalition’s austerity agenda are the elderly and vulnerable people who depend on the vital lifeline of a day care centre. A new report for UNISON by the University of Birmingham's Health Services…
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…
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…
We all know that the relationship between the police and the trade union movement has been chequered. And in the Labour movement, we are most uncomfortable with the idea of Police and Crime Commissioners. However the elections are going to…
Following criticism from Unite and the GMB, Unison General Secretary Dave Prentis has said that Unison members have had their reason to vote Labour "snatched away", saying: “Our members needed hope and a reason to vote Labour. They have…
Ahead of tomorrow's strike action, Unison have released the following "infographic", showing in stark detail the impact of proposed pension changes on millions of workers:
Unison’s Dave Prentis described Wednesday’s Day of Action as “a women’s strike”. This is because women make up nearly two-thirds of the workforce affected by the pension changes that have triggered next week’s industrial action. In…
Members of UNISON have today voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action on November 30th. The union balloted members including nurses, teaching assistants, social workers, care assistants, paramedics, police staff, school dinner…
Once again the same tired old distortions are filling the pages of the Daily Mail' - pumped out by the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG). Their claim is that every family pays £400 for council workers' pension. This…
