Conference pledges action to tackle growing problem of mental health issues for local government workers facing pressures driven by austerity, cuts and growing demand for the services they provide “Workplace mental ill health is a […]
Responding to the government’s decision to reject a Labour Party amendment to end the one per cent public sector pay cap, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “The government’s rejection of the proposals to end […]
We should all be mental health champions, delegates hear as they call for expansion of programme started by Cymru/Wales “Lots of people don’t use mental health services until they are very ill because they are […]
The full text of Jeremy Corbyn’s speech to UNISON’s national delegate conference on 23 June 2017 This is the full text of the speech Jeremy Corbyn gave to UNISON’s national delegate conference on Friday. “Thank […]
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 […]