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World Menopause Day

UNISON’s equalities team has launched a campaign on the menopause. The menopause is a workplace issue which means that it is a UNISON issue. Menopausal symptoms […]

health news on the UNISON National site.

Glasgow: strikers speak out

‘The women are standing up,’ say Glasgow equal pay claimants on eve of strike

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

‘I will be with you on the picket lines’ vows Dave Prentis

General secretary backs Birmingham strikers as he speaks to ‘the biggest gathering of women trade unionists in this country’

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

A message that must run through our union every single day

Our union will always stand up and speak out on pay, on justice, on representation and on violence against women. That’s a message that isn’t simply for International Women’s Day – it’s a message that must run through our union every single day.

General Secretary's blog, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON targets human trafficking in Wales

Union says ‘governments across the world must do more to protect women’ ahead of conference in Cardiff

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Government cuts are denying women access to justice, says UNISON

Women are being hit hardest by government cuts and by changes that restrict access to justice, Dave Prentis tells women’s conference

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Women’s conference final agenda published

UNISON women's conference Final agenda Emergency motions must be submitted via the online conference system. The closing […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Conference says we shall overcome politics of hate

That was the message from UNISON's national delegate conference in Brighton this morning - a message that it ultimately delivered in […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

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

Article on the UNISON National site.

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

Article on the UNISON National site.

Would you be interested in a civil partnership? (England and Wales)

The government is consulting on the future of civil partnership in England and Wales

Article on the UNISON National site.

Prentis pays tribute to workers dealing with the floods

As the wind and rain continued to batter Britain, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis paid tribute to the public service workers dealing with the crisis

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON calling for free emergency accomodation for all women fleeing domestic abuse

Last year, 1.2 million women experienced domestic abuse in the UK, including half a million cases of sexual assault. “We need to have the […]

Article, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Women’s conference hears of the scale of forced marriage in the UK

Jasvinder Sanghera of Karma Nirvana speaks to UNISON women on forced marriage and so-called honour crimes

Article on the UNISON National site.

2014 women conference final agenda

2014 Women's conference final agenda 2014 Women's conference page Advice from the standing orders committee on emergency […]

Article on the UNISON National site.