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The review group, made up of 24 senior UNISON members, met for the third time on 6 February

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Providing all branches with effective support and resources is UNISON’s ‘key priority’

Thank you to all of you who got involved in It takes one to know one during November. Our winners in the prize draw have all been notified and will be receiving their shopping vouchers very soon. The lucky winners are: 1st prize £500 shopping voucher – Rehka Gandesha, Central & East Berkshire 2nd Prize £250 voucher – Grahame Stanley, Oxfordshire […]

Gabby Houlgraves UNISON Steward, Branch Communications Officer, Kent Local Government Branch How long have you been active in the union and what roles do you hold? I’ve been a member for 15 years. I’ve been active in UNISON since July 2018, and I’m currently a workplace steward and Branch Communications Officer. What made you take this […]

Hints and tips for the last few days of the general election campaign from UNISON’s communications team

The election is everywhere and many UNISON members and activists, along with other Labour supporters, are out canvassing for Labour on the doorstep – here are some tips from experienced doorstepper David Arnold

Emma Nand Union Learning Rep, Branch Communications Officer,  Southampton District Branch Branch based secondment, Union Learning Fund How long have you been active in the union and what roles do you hold? I’ve been a member of UNISON for 17 years, since I started work. I am 3 months into a 6 month secondment working one […]

Rosita Ellis Branch Chair, Oxfordshire Health Committee Chair, Regional Black Members Committee How long have you been active in the union and what roles do you hold? I have been a member of UNISON for around 15 years and have become more active in the last 10 years. I started as Black members officer in […]

The cut-off wage for election to reserved (low pay) seats in the union is now £10.63 an hour

Private company Compass claims it can’t afford an 82p pay rise despite generating £1.7bn in profit and paying their boss £4.6m

General secretary Dave Prentis takes inspiration from visit to Southampton District branch

You’ll now be able to login to UNISON’s e-learning website using My.UNISON – if you’ve never used that system before (for example, to […]

Last year’s Grovember campaign was such a success we’re doing it again in May with a Go for Growth month

Delegates for NDC, local government, energy and WET conferences must be entered on the OCS by 4 April