By Christina Egan When I read Anke Plummer’s account of feeling like a Briton, I wondered why, as another German living here for over 20 years, I do not seem to feel British at all? Well, I...
Black workers are usually the first to lose their job in a recession – and this has been true for services provided by local government in the latest recession
The article Save Our Services: How...
Workplace rights was at the heart of UNISON’s campaign to keep Britain in the EU. We may have lost that argument, but our concerns remain. Before the referendum UNISON members told us that rights at...
Snow isn’t falling all around us quite yet, but the Christmas ads have started popping up. And perhaps that sinking feeling has too: The panic of having to buy all those presents, who gets what,...
Anke Plummer blogs about her experience as an EU migrant in
The article How I became a Brit with a German passport, and why I no longer am first appeared on the UNISON National site.
An armed response unit, a Turkish coup and Turkmenistan's 'door to hell' – all these (and more) featured in one member's summer adventure
The article To Russia, with love first appeared on the...
More than a million families with a household income below £30,000 are in extreme debt, and ongoing wage stagnation is making the problem worse, according to a new report published today (Tuesday) by...
Laying bare the experiences of more than 2,200 UNISON members working in councils and schools, delivering the local services we all rely on
The article Under pressure, underfunded and undervalued...
Whether they are working to support children and families, or facing low pay themselves, UNISON members know the human cost of poverty
The article Invest to tackle the scourge of poverty first...
Neath Port Talbot branch fought a successful campaign against library closures – so just how did they do it?
The article How can you run a campaign to defend a service? first appeared on the UNISON...