UNISON firmly believes that every Black worker should have equal access to professional growth and advancement, irrespective of their background or contract type. Yet research shows that Black workers ...

“There needs to be a fair energy policy. One that helps consumers and staff. “The landscape is shifting for how power is generated and distributed, and how jobs are being transformed in the new world ...

NHS 999 staff are quitting and suffering burnout due to the relentless pressure of calls, sometimes involving suicides, stabbings, shootings and patients dying before ambulances can reach them, says ...

UNISON is calling on ministers to work closely with councils and unions to ensure staff and the public don’t pay the price for costly changes. Compulsory redundancies should be avoided and wages, ...

Posted in Christina McAnea councils local government reorganisation ...

UNISON members condemn new guidance that "forces school staff to ‘out’ a young person to their family, which could ...

Four council and college staff have been celebrated for their dedicated and outstanding service by UNISON. The union presented them with awards as “champions” in their fields at UNISON’s annual local ...

Support staff need nationally-recognised agreements if they are to benefit from recent changes to the education sector ...

A motion for the government to meet its pledge for a national care service, rather than “kicking the promise back into the ...

At UNISON’s annual local government service group conference in Liverpool, the fight against racism and Reform were common ...

Councils must be able to recruit more planning staff if communities are to get the homes, schools and services they need.

“Protecting the environment can’t be done on the cheap. Flooding, pollution and the climate crisis can’t be tackled with skeleton staffing, shrinking budgets and underpaid staff.