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Christina McAnea is often accused of being the right-wing candidate in the race to be UNISON’s next general secretary. “I’m slightly bemused that I’ve been seen as that,” the current frontrunner tells me, as we chat over Zoom. “I say to…

Labour's Rachel Reeves has described it as "grim beyond belief" that outsourcing firm Serco is set to exceed profit expectations for the year due to its much-criticised work on the government's test and trace scheme. Reacting to news that…

The TUC has called on the government to adopt a new approach to prevent mass unemployment in the Covid crisis by acting to "preserve jobs and stop family firms going to the wall through a new local furlough scheme". Responding to reports…

Christina McAnea has strongly rejected any suggestion that she is the "continuity candidate" in UNISON's general secretary election and described use of the label as "patronising with a big dose of misogyny". Commenting on the perception…

UNISON's Christina McAnea has received almost twice the branch nominations of the next closest candidate in the race to succeed retiring Dave Prentis as the party-affiliated trade union’s general secretary. McAnea, understood to have the…

Unite the Union, GMB and UNISON have told the government that it must do more to ensure schools remain safe and open in the pandemic following reports of hundreds closing since the start of the academic year. In a joint letter sent to…

Labour leader Keir Starmer delivered his keynote address to Labour's online 'Connected' conference this morning. Here is how trade unions, figures and groups from across the labour movement reacted... Richard Leonard The Scottish Labour…

UNISON’s national executive council has endorsed Christina McAnea to succeed Dave Prentis as the party-affiliated trade union's general secretary by a narrow majority of four votes. McAnea, the frontrunner who is understood to have the…

UNISON launched new campaign 'No Going Back to Normal' this week to send a clear message that we must not “return to undervaluing our public services and the people who provide them”. Setting out the trade union's demands, general secretary…

In March, I wrote about the chaotic last week before schools closed. I followed up in May, sharing my experiences as a teacher during lockdown. Now, with schools fully open again, it’s time for part three of this series. Teachers and school…

A new study from the TUC has revealed that many workplaces in the UK are still not following crucial coronavirus safety guidelines to protect workers – despite the government urging the public to return to offices. The Prime Minister has…

Just as one leadership election ends, another appears. Now that Labour and the Liberal Democrats have finished choosing new leaders, it's the turn of the UK’s ‘big three’ unions to elect new general secretaries. For the vast majority of the…