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National Executive Council makes decision on opening day of nomination period

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis commens on government proposals to prevent people who work in the public sector from paying their union membership fees directly from their wages

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis will be among the speakers at a public meeting tomorrow on resisting the Trade Union Bill

Members from across Wales rally outside the Senedd in Cardiff, while the Assembly debates motion opposing Westminster bill

From I ♡unions week to fighting the trade union bill, it’s been a busy few months for UNISON members. We’ve collected just some of the highlights of what you have been doing online.

The Bill has now had both its first and seconds readings in the House of Commons and now moves onto the committee stage.  So, what does this mean for our campaign against it? At the first reading the title of the Bill was read out. That was it. No speeches and no debate. At the […]

Not content with cutting in-work benefits for low paid workers the government has announced plans to make striking for higher pay even more difficult than it already is, if not completely impossible. The Institute for Fiscal Studies says that families with young children could be up to £1,000 a year worse off because of the […]

Without these changes, unions representing working people across the UK would have found it hard (if not impossible) to […]

Mr Prentis stressed the need to continue fighting to stop the Trade Union Bill… a “politically-motivated law designed to hold us back by an opponent who […]

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

“They want to stop union reps from carrying out their duties, when all the evidence suggests that their work is beneficial […]

Thousands upon thousands of UNISON members – and their families – took time on Sunday to come to Manchester and march

We will have even less ways to protect our rights.” Debi Potter is a police control room operator “I went on strike over pensions – we had to come out properly and […]

“It will not stop us striking, standing up for the lives of millions and protecting the vulnerable,” he said. “We […]

Communities across Wales are uniting to oppose divisive attack on democracy says Cymru / Wales regional secretary