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Mencap has agreed to pay care workers above the national minimum wage for sleep-ins, following a successful campaign by UNISON. The charity has been in dispute with UNISON over its failure to pay care staff […]

UNISON has launched a new online training module to help union members and activists support colleagues who have, or suspect they have, dyslexia and to better understand the condition. It is a short, informal module, […]

“Not a week goes by when there isn’t a mention of the crisis in social care,” Andrea Egan of the service group executive declared as UNISON’s local government conference turned its attention to a series […]

The UNISON Community and Voluntary Organisations Branch sent two delegates to this years Black Members Conference. Emilyn Hutchinson from Single Homeless Project and Karen Walker from Choice Support. Below is a report from Emilyn. I […]

Sarah Mathewson attended the 2016 UNISON Women Members Conference in February as a CVO Branch delegate. Below is her report as a first time delegate; From February 11-13, I attended the UNISON Women Members’ Conference […]

On Saturday 6th February a number of new UNISON Activists attended a CVO Branch “Lost in UNISON” course form a diverse range of organisations. This was a great day for the Branch officers to see […]

In October 2015, UNISON’s Community and Voluntary Organisations Branch sponsored UNISON Member Jaspaul Vilkhu to attend UNISON’s National Disabled Members Conference. Over this two day conference delegates discussed many issues affecting Disabled Members in UNISON, […]