The government should be using the growing surplus of centrally-collected business rates to ease the pressure on councils, not encouraging them to shift the care burden onto hard pressed local...
Responding to today’s (Thursday) announcement by the government on social care funding, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Government cuts to council budgets helped cause the crisis in...
The public have a message for those of you working over the holidays
The article Working over Christmas? This is for you first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Responding to government plans to reform school funding UNISON head of education Jon Richards said: “Schools that are already underfunded will get much less than they’d hoped for....
As Christmas approaches, UNISON is highlighting the importance of keeping the meat we eat hygienic by making sure slaughterhouses continue to be inspected by well-trained state-employed meat hygiene...
As Britain succumbs to a poverty crisis, food banks are calling on people's support to help those less fortunate, including children, who are facing hunger
The article Food banks hope to give...
Rule changes need to be be submitted for NDC 2017 to comply with Trade Union Act regulations coming into force in February 2018
The article Consultation on political fund review: December-January...
The nomination period will open on Monday 9 January 2017 and close at 5pm on Friday 10 February 2017
The article NEC elections 2017 first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Resource centres like this one are invaluable to the work of local branches and activists, and provide a visible representation of the work that we do standing up for UNISON members. By making the...
General Secretary Dave Prentis opens new joint centre at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn
The article West Norfolk members get new resource centre first appeared on the UNISON National site.