Vote for action on local government pay

Look out for your postal ballot from 1st December

Celebrate Year Of Disabled Workers with us in 2022

We have a huge range of workshops and webinars on Disabled Members’ issues planned for the year.

Schools risk support staff exodus over pay in South East region, warns UNISON

40% of school staff are actively looking for other jobs because of persistent low pay

Getting involved in the union has provided me with a voice

We hear from one of our Young Member activists on why they felt they had to stand up for young workers

18 November is Equal Pay Day 2021

Today marks the day in the year where women effectively, on average, stop earning relative to men because of the gender pay gap

UNISON demonstrates for Divestment outside Hampshire County Council office

UNISON Demonstrates for Divestment!

Members of Hampshire County and Winchester District UNISON branches came together with a number of local organisations to call for the Hampshire Pension Scheme to divest from fossil fuel investments

Local government workers vote overwhelmingly to reject pay offer

Result prompts consultative ballot on industrial action

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There’s no retirement on a burning planet

As part of Green UNISON week, our members have been lobbying the Hampshire Pension fund to divest from fossil fuels and for increased accountability

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Hybrid and home working: Ensuring an inclusive approach

Take part in our survey on home and hybrid working – is it working for you?

Our young members are stronger together

The region’s Young Members are coming together after the toughest 18 months of their lives

Vote for better pay for schools and council workers

Vote now in our consultation on NJC Local Government pay

UNISON stall at Ventnor Day 2021

UNISON celebrates Ventnor Day

On 14 August 2021 UNISON representatives joined the community festivities on the Isle of Wight

Your union, helping you with your NHS pension

UNISON is asking for the government to provide a decent pay rise to all NHS staff. We’re pushing for a £2000 pay increase for all employees, regardless of their role. But there’s another aspect to pay that easy to overlook – pensions. Although you pay a percentage of your earnings into the scheme and this […]

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NJC pay: 1.75% is still not good enough

When local government employers met earlier this week to issue their revised pay offer of 1.75% – an increase of 0.25% that UNISON regards as ‘insignificant’ – they did so against a backdrop of growing discontent over a proposed increase that fails to reflect the hard work and sacrifices made by council and school workers […]

HE Pay: time running out to vote!

If you work in higher education, it’s likely that UNISON has asked you to vote in an industrial action ballot. This is because for the 2020/21 pay offer, the employers rewarded your hard work during the pandemic with a pay freeze. You can find out more about the ballot on our website, but we asked […]