As we mark five years since the first COVID-19 lockdown we must pause to remember and ensure the public inquiry does justice ...

Christina joined Councillor Karen Kilgour, the leader of Newcastle City Council and Pam Smith, the chief executive, in ...

David Williams, who served as general secretary of Cohse – one of the three founding unions of UNISON – from 1983 until 1987, ...

Ministers must listen to disabled workers. It’s important UNISON’s disabled members raise their voices and tell their stories ...

UNISON is launching a national appeal to support members at Livv Housing on Merseyside, who are taking strike action in a ...

Notes to editors: – UNISON is the UK’s largest union with more than 1.3 million members providing public services in education, local government, the NHS, police service and energy. They are employed ...

UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said: “Local government reorganisation cannot be used as a convenient cover for job cuts. “Thousands of council roles are at risk under these wide-ranging ...

Posted in Disability Employment Charter disability equality northern region ...

The UNISON general secretary emphasised how the public sector is essential to advancing women’s economic rights and equality ...

“But going after disabled people and vulnerable families is not the way to get the UK economy back on track, nor out-of-work individuals back into jobs. “Many can’t work because of lengthy delays in ...

Today’s judgment relates to a Court of Appeal hearing last autumn, which rejected Ofsted’s attempt to overturn a 2023 employment appeal tribunal verdict that said Andrew had been unfairly dismissed.

UNISON holds a one-day health and safety seminar every two years. The National Health and Safety Committee, in partnership with Health and Safety unit, seek to develop topic based programmes of ...