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“There’s got to be change – they were last and now they’ve got to be first,” Labour leader says as he praises key workers in first TV interview

Commenting on the election today (Saturday) of Keir Starmer as leader of the Labour Party and Angela Rayner as its deputy, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said:   “I’m so pleased Keir has been elected. He now has a clear mandate to lead Labour at this difficult time for our country. The qualities Keir embodies – public […]

Labour members have a more favourable view of UNISON that any other organisation

1) Real public service pay rises – 5% rise for all public service workers in the first year and real rises after that. 2) Ending and reversing privatisation – local […]

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

Results of the election for the UNISON Labour Link national committee

I hope that getting behind the UK’s forgotten army of local government workers is something everyone in our union can get behind – and that councillors and local employers will […]

Nominations will open on 14 May: nomination forms and other materials will be available on the web from 7 May

The Bernie Grant initiative has been established to address the under-representation of BAME members as elected Labour politicians, both locally and nationally. It is named in memory of the late pioneering MP and Council Leader, Bernie Grant, who worked hard to encourage a new generation of BAME Labour politicians. The task of addressing the current […]

‘Only a united party can protect public services, jobs and disadvantaged communities,’ says Dave Prentis

The trust had planned to outsource more than 500 non-clinical staff – including maintenance workers, porters, housekeepers and caterers – to a private company it had set up. Many of them had worked […]

Greater London UNISON’s Regional Labour Link Committee today (4 September) agreed to support Sadiq Khan as Labour’s candidate for the Mayor of London. UNISON affiliates to the London Labour Party and was asked to decide whether or not they wish for Sadiq Khan to be automatically reselected as Labour’s candidate. The Committee decided to unanimously […]

Not only because she’s female, young, mixed-race, and stylish, but because she’s excited. She greets us like an old friend who can’t […]

Electoral college should be revised, removing the section for elected politicians

And paying public service workers - all public service workers - a wage that genuinely reflects the work they do. A Labour […]