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…
Unison
Unison leader tells Labour “the only way to deal with the cost of living crisis is to give people a pay increase”
Unison General Secretary Dave Prentis threw down the gauntlet to the Labour leadership on pay today, pushing the…
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…
“It’s up to the Labour Party to recruit Labour members” – LabourList interviews Unison’s Dave Prentis
Dave Prentis has been General Secretary of Britain’s second largest union, Unison, for over twelve years, leading over…
Organising low-paid workers in the Britain that Cameron broke
Food-banks, zero-hours contracts, pay-day loan companies – when David Cameron talked a few years ago about ‘Broken Britain’,…
Unison set out their expectations for a Labour government
Unison General Secretary Dave Prentis set out his tests for continuing to support Labour this afternoon. Speaking at…
Unison calls for a living wage for all school staff
Unison have today called for the Living Wage to become the Minimum Wage in all of Britain’s schools.…
The dangers of an unaccountable police force
A joint post by Dave Prentis, UNISON general secretary and Neville Lawrence who spoke at the union’s annual…
Dave Prentis attacks “intolerable” Progress influence
In his keynote speech to their conference this week, Unison General Secretary Dave Prentis attacked Progress as: “a…
Public service workers aren’t asking for the earth
It should be little wonder that pay is high on the agenda at UNISON’s annual conference in Bournemouth…
