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You have three loves: your family, your partner, and then the movement that you would do anything for

We’ve run surveys where we ask how staff are feeling and what they think about changes. It’s given us the opportunity to strengthen our relationship with employers, because one of the […]

Peers will be warned that the Trade Union Bill is ‘a regressive step that will harm good industrial relations’

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 […]

At the other end of England in Hartlepool, members pulled out all the stops to show their love at the University […]

Let’s remember why we fight together to change our government and our country for the better. But let’s also remember the great, often unseen but absolutely vital, work that unions and trade unionists do unheralded each and every day. Those acts of representation, support and campaigning are the foundations on which our union is built. And there is so much of it to love

NHS needs to operate as one team in the interests of joined-up, high-quality patient care

Union members were asked to nominate their rep of the year in two categories last autumn: outstanding […]

‘Work with us, in partnership with employers rather than as adversaries, to close the gender pay gap’

The issue of losing my tax credits was keeping me awake at night: as a single mum I didn’t know how I was going to provide for my family

It’s unions’ collective power that stopped schools fully reopening after Christmas. It’s unions’ collective power that ensured PPE […]

💜 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 […]

But UNISON is prioritising this as part of its “One Team” for our NHS campaign. The work I do is an essential part of delivering a quality service for patients, so I am proud […]

UNISON is a group of people having the same interests and the same cause

The best thing about being involved is the in-work support that you get if you need it. I have a disability and I’ve had a lot of time off sick […]