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More than 8,000 union members – overwhelmingly low paid women –  took strike action on Tuesday and Wednesday, with 10,000 […]

A member of the world’s most famous feminist family, Helen Pankhurst talks about feminism, her hopes for her children, and what men can do to help the movement

“It’s time for the message to go out loud and clear – privatisation and PFI have failed and we need to work to get rid of it.” Ms McKee also mentioned the […]

The conference pointed out that statistics from the  International Labour Organisation  show that when children are five years old there are around the same number […]

Dave Prentis announces UNISON’s official support for Stop Trump UK as he speaks at the union’s women’s conference in Brighton

Experience of a first-time speaker at UNISON’s national women’s conference

Speaker from charity Forward urges UNISON members to fulfil their duty to protect women and girls from FGM

Women share their experience as carers at Brighton conference

Conventional and unconventional approaches to recruitment debated at women’s conference

UNISON president Wendy Nichols opens women’s conference in Brighton with call to action

Elsewhere UNISON members at South Wales Police have received permission for a white flag to fly from their building; ribbons will be sold and […]

UNISON president on the vital role women play in the union

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

And he said that, if asked, the people of Europe did not want the continuation of the privatisation of services. "It's not a Europe we want," he said, adding that, in the coming years, tax justice […]

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