Blog: The inequality of the pandemic
The evidence of COVID-19's devastating impact on Black workers should shock us all
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Blog: Worth more than a clap
How you can support the campaign for a decent, fair pay rise for all our key workers in councils and schools
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Save Our Services blog: The trading standards officer’s tale
For SOS Day on 6 December, we asked our members working in safety related roles to tell us about the reality of working to keep their communities safe under years of austerity.
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Save Our Services blog: The environmental health officer’s tale
For SOS Day on 6 December, we asked our members working in safety related roles to tell us about the reality of working to keep their communities safe under years of austerity.
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Free and based on need? Not for everyone
From December, people coming from outside Europe to work in public services and the wider economy will have to pay £400 a year for the duration of their work visa, per person and in advance, for...
When I went to Parliament and spoke up for care workers
UNISON member and care worker Nicole Stanfield Caile went to Parliament recently to put the case for care workers
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Blog: Richard and Margaret represent…
First time delegates and private contractor members, Richard Kennedy and Margaret Hotham, give us the low down on their first year at UNISON's National Delegate conference.
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Social workers speak out
"We see more and more families coming into our remit because of these environmental factors. You can’t deny the link between austerity and people’s lives getting harder and harder."
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Celebrating the life and legacy of OR Tambo
Today marks the centenary of the birth of Oliver Reginald – ‘OR’ –Tambo, the “quiet revolutionary” who led the African National Congress through the darkest days of apartheid, and laid the...
School support staff have borne the brunt of funding cuts
'The Chancellor needs to stop snipping away at children’s education and properly invest in their future'
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