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Co-op vote – say yes to motions 9 and 10

 Just like trade union activists before them, co-op movement activists realised that however hard they worked they wouldn't get […]

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Help defend the Co-op’s political voice

"They should be a voice for ordinary working people." The Co-operative Group and the Co-operative Party have together helped to […]

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Help illegally underpaid care workers

We are asking members to sign a petion to Vince Cable, secretary of state for trade and industry, to help catch the criminal care employers. Many care workers looking after the […]

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Vote yes to keep our political fund

"I must stress that a 'yes' vote is a vote for choice. "Members will not be obliged to contribute to the fund if they vote 'yes', but they will be […]

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National minimum wage goes up

The national minimum wage rates have gone up from 1 October 2014

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Hands off universal benefits, say pensioners

UNISON supports National Pensioners Convention in campaign to stop cuts to universal benefits on Older People’s Day

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Speak out on 18 October

Dave Prentis issues rallying call to make October demo the the biggest this country has ever seen

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999 call for the NHS

UNISON is supporting the 999 Call for the NHS people's march, part of a campaign started by a group of mothers from Darlington. "We all […]

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Care UK members set for new strike

The action comes after a new ballot and is in support of a pay claim that calls for a minimum starting rate of £7.65, which is the national living wage outside London. The […]

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UNISON to launch public services manifesto

With less than a year to go to the general election, UNISON is launching its manifesto for public services

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Taking the fair pay fight onto the streets

UNISON has hailed the local government strike as an overwhelming success, with more than one million public service workers on picket lines and at rallies in protest over their pay offer

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Solidarity across the sea

Unions around the world send solidarity messages to UNISON strikers

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Together we are strong

The union's health service group says: "Unfortunately our members in health know only too well of the struggles that our local government […]

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How you can help local government members

Council and school workers on NJC pay terms in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will strike on 10 July – and you can support them

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Prentis tells UNISON that this autumn is the time to make a stand

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

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