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And he told the Congress that this was a particular problem for school support staff, many of whom “are on atypical contracts, work part time and have a series […]

Congress hears call to step up the fight in defence of union and workers’ rights during Brexit

Eleanor Smith makes pledge at TUC Congress alongside the Royal College of Midwives

But faced with a majority Tory government for the first time since 1997, it was also a year when “we held our nerve and we found our fight.” […]

A rising and ugly tide of racism, frightening anti-foreigner, anti-immigrant sentiment once consigned to the sewer of the far right, now unleashed into […]

The union has put forward three motions dealing to address issues faced by workers and the economy after the 23 June vote […]

The report, Britain in the Red, finds that total unsecured debt (which excludes mortgages) for UK households rose by £48bn between 2012 and 2015 to reach £353bn. The report looks at how […]

‘The need for stability and reassurance has never been greater,’ says Dave Prentis

Dave Prentis comments on the announcement in the Lords that the government is no longer to stop unions from collecting members’ subs via their pay packets

UNISON Scotland pledged “strong and visible support” for the action. And among the options it has proposed to its branches are to: use facility time to […]

The main aims for the week are: hold an event for your members show non-members the benefits of being in a […]

She will serve in the role for a year, until the 148th Congress in Brighton in 2016. Ms Snape was born and grew up in Liverpool […]

"Desperate refugees fleeing conflicts have been dying in Europe’s pitiless seas for years. The world has turned its face away - and our tabloid papers and our politicians should hang […]

The number of households with problem debt has increased by 700,000 (28 per cent) since 2012, according to new TUC and UNISON-commissioned research published today (Tuesday).   The report, Britain in the Red, shows that in 2014 one in eight households (3.2 million) were over-indebted compared to one in ten (2.5 million) in 2012.   […]

In a nutshell, the government’s Trade Union Bill would mean: employers were able to use agency temps to replace striking workers restrictions on pickets and protests that threaten freedom of speech attacks on union reps in the public sector more unnecessary red tape, tying up unions. Taken together, these will undermine our basic right to […]