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How is austerity affecting the LGBT community?

Help our research to uncover the effect austerity is having, whether you are an LGBT service user or working providing services

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON launches credit union network

UNISON is launching a unique scheme to increase the help that it gives members in financial difficulty, and challenge the rise of the pay-day lenders

Article on the UNISON National site.

Autumn recruitment campaign kicks off

UNISON regions and branches are rising to the challenge of stepping up our recruitment campaign

Article on the UNISON National site.

National minimum wage goes up today

The national minimum wage rates have gone up from today

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON recruitment continues apace

UNISON’s recruitment continues apace around the country

Article on the UNISON National site.

Recruitment campaign continues to break records

October continues a bumper autumn for new members joining UNISON

Article on the UNISON National site.

‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’

UNISON disabled members condemn government’s return to Dickensian hard times

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON president condemns ‘Victorian’ Britain with ‘food banks and soup kitchens’

Tory austerity policies are leading to a Victorian Britain, disabled members conference hears

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON challenges ongoing discrimination against disabled people at work

Disabled members at conference in Manchester hear that capability is used as a weapon against disabled members

Article on the UNISON National site.

‘We’ve gone back to the dark ages’

Shadow minister for disabled people Kate Green addresses UNISON’s disabled members conference

Article on the UNISON National site.

Conference condemns the ‘demonisation of disabled people’

Disabled members’ conference calls for disability hate crime to be a specific criminal offence and calls for urgent action to tackle it

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON supports disability WOW campaign

Campaign and petition calling for an end to the war on welfare

Article on the UNISON National site.

Take action to scrap the bedroom tax

UNISON supports Labour’s opposition day debate to scrap the tax on Tuesday 12 November and urges members to get involved

Article on the UNISON National site.

Recruit a friend and win a fabulous prize

It’s not too late to enter our prize draw to win holidays, ipads, kindles and cameras

Article on the UNISON National site.

Help get the last four signed up for Bangladesh factory safety

One more push to get remaining high street brands signed up to the Bangladeshi factory accord

Article on the UNISON National site.