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Unions help boost pay by up to £60,000 over a working life, while workers in unionised workplaces also have better pensions and much safer workplaces. On any given day […]

Lord Mayor Kevin Maguire welcomed UNISON members and officials to his parlour alongside City Council leader Alan Waters. Mr Maguire said: I’m proud […]

As we enter this year’s Heart Unions week, it’s worth paraphrasing Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara: let me say the true trade unionist is guided by great feelings of love. I’m not sure how much the more cynical of us would agree with Che, but the driving force behind so much we do is some […]

💜 Unions week is back! Between 14 and 21 February, we’ll be shouting about all the amazing things trade unions do and to encourage people not in a union, to join UNISON. We wanted to take this opportunity to say a massive thank you to every UNISON East Midlands rep and member who support their […]

Tim Roberts celebrates ♥️Unions Week in his latest blog

Heart Unions Week takes place every year in the second week of February. In pre-COVID times, we would have been out and about in workplaces, talking to colleagues about the many ways that UNISON can support members, and encouraging others to join. This year our celebration of trade unions has moved online, but it’s still […]

General secretary praises the union’s ‘special’ women as he says UNISON ‘will not abandon our fight’

UNISON's award-winning legal team, who won one of the most significant employment law changes in history when they got the government to scrap employment tribunal fees. UNISON runs a free […]

UNISON has been adding its own distinctive flavour to events today by also showing and sharing our love for public services, for the public service […]

It’s a time to take stock of everything that has happened over the past year, everything our union and our members […]

Women have always been central to trade unions and the fight for a better society. To celebrate International Women’s Day we’ve put together a timeline of some of their key achievements

So many of the great changes won in decades past are victories hard fought for by unions, the Labour Party and our whole […]

And every day, union members, activists and staff defend, protect and support the 1.3 million people that work in our […]

#heartunions was back for 2017 and the energy and enthusiasm of our members and activists did UNISON proud.

We have a huge amount to be proud of but – understandably in these difficult times – we often dwell only on the […]