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Stand up to racism and fascism

Stand up to racism and say no to scapegoating of immigrants, no to Islamophobia and yes to diversity on 22 March

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North West gears up for anti-cuts rally

People across the North West are gearing up to call for Fair Funding for Public Services at a march and rally in Liverpool tomorrow

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Local government unions launch petition for decent pay

UNISON, the GMB and UNITE have launched a petition to call for decent pay in local government

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Doncaster carers strike against massive cuts

UNISON members in Doncaster take second week of strike action against Care UK attempts to slash pay, terms and conditions

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Help support student threatened with deportation

UNISON is urging members to sign a petition being run by students in Enfield, to prevent their friend and classmate Yashika Bageerathi being deported to a potentially dangerous situation in Mauritius

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Get set for our spring recruitment drive

TV advertising - funded by the general political fund - will kick off on 24 April and will run for six weeks. Branches and regions are planning a four-week, union-wide on-the-ground recruitment and […]

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Recruitment: 7 things to do this week

And staff at the centre will also be volunteering to go out into regions and work directly with organising staff to support local activity. TV advertising starts this week with the update to the current […]

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Newcastle festival combines music and campaigning

UNISON activists in Newcastle took the opportunity of the union’s annual multicultural music festival at the Easter weekend to challenge racism and myths about immigration

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Recruitment: Making May matter

This organising drive is supported by a further round of television advertising which will run until June and […]

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Speak up for libraries when you vote

That was the call from the Speak Up for Libraries alliance - which includes UNISON - as it urged people to make public libraries a central […]

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EPSU congress hears warning on global treaties

Delegates at the EPSU congress in Toulouse debated the threat from two global trade treaties currently being negotiated

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UNISON relaunches school uniform scheme

The UNISON welfare charity There for You can offer help to members on low incomes deal with the cost of school uniforms

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Britain needs a pay rise national demonstration – 18 October

There will also be a short march for those who do not wish to do the full route. There will be an assembly area on the Embankment and a […]

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Local government delegates urged to get the vote out

UNISON’s local government conference kicked off in Brighton this morning, with a rallying call to activists to win a big turnout in the current ballot on pay

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EPSU leader spells out the Europe we want

EPSU general secretary Jan Willem Goudriaan’s message to UNISON’s local government conference was that we could change Europe for the betterment of the majority of its people

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