Why 2022 is ‘an exciting opportunity to showcase the skills, experience and qualities that disabled people bring to the workplace and to society’ After two years during which disabled members have faced unprecedented challenges, UNISON has made 2022 the year of disabled workers. As part of the year, new resources have been created to help […]
UNISON’s disabled members are working hard to combat unfair treatment at work
And I had all those labels throughout my school life, because obviously I was undiagnosed in my childhood. “I was made to feel at school that […]
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Over one in ten staff supporting people with learning disabilities could be made redundant in a new round of cuts announced by Discovery. The company, which runs Somerset’s learning disability service, put out a 45 day consultation on an unspecified number of redundancies. UNISON, the union representing staff affected, has warned that the length of […]
Dave Prentis drew a line in the sand this afternoon, when he addressed the UNISON national delegate conference in Brighton saying that this autumn, we would make a stand
EPSU general secretary Jan Willem Goudriaan’s message to UNISON’s local government conference was that we could change Europe for the betterment of the majority of its people
Further details have been released by the TUC for anyone wanting to attend the national demonstration – Britain needs a pay rise – on 18 October in London
The UNISON welfare charity There for You can offer help to members on low incomes deal with the cost of school uniforms
Delegates at the EPSU congress in Toulouse debated the threat from two global trade treaties currently being negotiated
Recruitment is the name of the game in every region over the next four weeks – what is your branch doing
16-18 May: a great chance to meet, work, and socialise with other young members and learn some key skills
Recruitment needs to be our top priority if we are to stay strong and resilient, says general secretary
The grants, which are available from the union's independent welfare charity, There for You, are particularly […]
One more push to get remaining high street brands signed up to the Bangladeshi factory accord
