Cash-strapped police forces are filling some key job vacancies with unpaid volunteers amid ongoing cutbacks, says a report published today (Friday) by UNISON. The number of police support volunteers...
Any deal that fails to protect public services, defend rights at work and avoid a hard border in Ireland is a deal that’s bad for all of us
The article UNISON reacts to Brexit draft deal between the...
Becoming and staying the biggest and the best
The article UNISON celebrates becoming the UK’s biggest union first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Hundreds of people will march from the British Library to Parliament Square tomorrow (Saturday) to call for an end to the cuts hitting the arts and libraries across the country. Members of UNISON,...
More must be done to make mental health services safer and kinder places to work
The article UNISON responds to funding for crisis mental health services first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The Chancellor’s promise that there’ll be no more PFI contracts signed is welcome
The article PFI abolition pledge doesn’t help public services with contracts first appeared on the UNISON National...
Years of wrecking ball austerity have left local services in a perilous state
The article Budget doesn’t end the austerity nightmare first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The victory in Bolton should send a strong signal to any NHS trusts who think creating a wholly owned subsidiary will allow them to short-change their staff over pay
The article Hospital workers...
Plymouth City Council will become the latest local authority to sign up to UNISON’s ethical care charter today (Monday). Council leaders will join UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis to formally...
UNISON welcomes assurances that ‘in work conditionality' will be put on pause
The article Changes to the way universal credit is introduced are a sensible move, says UNISON first appeared on the...