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Legendary union figure honoured with home town plaque

A woman who launched the first ever trade union for nurses in the UK is to be honoured with a plaque in her home-town in the South Wales valleys.

More than 100 candidates back UNISON Cymru/Wales priorities

More than 100 candidates standing in this year’s local elections have officially backed a list of top priorities to protect public services.

UNISON Newport City branch rep Tetiana Phillips

UNISON rep’s guardian angels raise vital funds for Ukraine war victims

A Ukrainian union representative has used skills passed down by her grandmother to raise hundreds of pounds for those suffering in the devastating war

UNISON Cymru Wales Energy

UNISON Cymru/Wales launches first ever energy seminar

Energy workers from across Wales will be joining industry experts and key politicians for the first ever energy seminar run by UNISON Cymru/Wales.

UNISON Cymru/Wales launches top priorities for council candidates

Voters will go to the polls in less than four weeks to decide the future of local authorities across Wales.

The Cost of Living Crisis and what UNISON is doing to help in Wales

The Cost of Living Crisis and what UNISON is doing to help in Wales

UNISON launches top priorities for candidates ahead of May elections

Councils operating social care directly and cutting lucrative private contracts should be among top priorities for council candidates in May, says UNISON

Cost of Living Crisis protest set for Cardiff city centre

A major protest against the cost-of-living crisis gripping the nation will be held in the centre of Cardiff.

Put NHS Pay right or risk an exodus of vital staff says UNISON

Health workers facing unprecedented pressures just to feed their families deserve an inflation busting pay rise, says UNISON Cymru/Wales.

Spiralling fuel costs driving health workers off the road

Health workers in Wales who rely on their car could soon be forced off the road in the face of sky-rocketing fuel prices

lay side office Colwyn Bay

Dynamic office space launched for UNISON activists

Activists and union reps will now have a great place to work from in the heart of North Wales.

Denise Owen, Ceredigion Council community education manager

St David’s Day could be holiday for Ceredigion council workers

Council workers in Ceredigion could be spending St David’s Day at home with their families next year.

Ceredigion branch secretary Alison Boshier

Home workers face in-work poverty after council turns down allowance

Council staff working from home in Ceredigion could soon be facing in-work poverty after the local authority decided against a decent allowance

UNISON Young Members Forum chair to speak at Heart Unions Week event

UNISON Cymru/Wales Young Members Forum chair Nick Davies will  be a key speaker at a Wales TUC event

Leisure staff in Neath Port Talbot

Landmark move to run leisure services publicly could be blueprint for authorities across Wales

Public service workers are celebrating a momentous decision to bring leisure services back into public hands.