UNISON is backing the TUC’s housing charter for young people in the private rented sector
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Attacking both the right to strike and our ability to organise by threatening to change the way our members can pay their subscriptions are just one more way the government aims to reduce […]
In a nutshell, the government’s Trade Union Bill would mean: employers were able to use agency temps to replace striking workers restrictions on pickets and protests that threaten freedom of speech attacks on union reps in the public sector more unnecessary red tape, tying up unions. Taken together, these will undermine our basic right to […]
The number of households with problem debt has increased by 700,000 (28 per cent) since 2012, according to new TUC and UNISON-commissioned research published today (Tuesday). The report, Britain in the Red, shows that in 2014 one in eight households (3.2 million) were over-indebted compared to one in ten (2.5 million) in 2012. […]
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis speaks at TUC race relations fringe
UNISON assistant general secretary elected today
We’ve won some important changes to the Bill in the House of Commons, but at the time of writing, we don’t know whether it will […]
For its part, the STUC has contacted politicians and civil society organisations to seek their support for the day of action, either as employers or more generally. Many […]
Dave Prentis comments on the announcement in the Lords that the government is no longer to stop unions from collecting members’ subs via their pay packets
‘The need for stability and reassurance has never been greater,’ says Dave Prentis
More than a million families with a household income below £30,000 are in extreme debt, and ongoing wage stagnation is making the problem worse, according to a new report published today (Tuesday) by the TUC and UNISON. The report, Britain in the Red, finds that total unsecured debt (which excludes mortgages) for UK households rose […]
Key issues will feature in debate and congress will recognise the work of activists Darren Barber and Margaret McKee
Sunday 11 September 2016 For immediate release The government must use the Brexit negotiations to build a new, fairer Britain, and should start by throwing off the shackles of austerity, says UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis today (Sunday). Speaking in the debate on the impact of the EU referendum vote upon the UK economy and […]
‘Let’s use our fighting spirit to organise, to campaign and to win’ UNISON’s Liz Snape urges delegates
Eleanor Smith makes pledge at TUC Congress alongside the Royal College of Midwives