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UNISON welcomes progress on regulating no-win, no-fee lawyers

(03/07/2009) UNISON to respond to consultation designed to safeguard women from NWNF bad practices.

Government plans will fuel shortages of pharmacists warns UNISON.

(03/07/2009) UNISON reaction to Government plans to ignore important recommendations from NHS Pay Review Body.

Scrapping Trident and ID cards would release billions for schools and hospitals

(03/07/2009) The billions being wasted on Trident would be better spent helping people through the recession.

Workers protest over job cuts as colleges waste millions on consultants and agency staff

(03/07/2009) New figures released today show shocking sums being spent on agency staff and consultancy fees, in a time of cuts and closures.

London Metropolitan University strike cancelled

(01/07/2009) Workers forced to call off strike action after employers denied receiving legal notification

Dog laws need more teeth say unions

(01/07/2009) Unions back tougher laws to protect workers from dangerous dog attacks.

Restructuring risks workers' health

(30/06/2009) UNISON releases five point plan to advise workers during restructuring.

Unions accuse colleges of shameful hypocrisy on pay

(30/06/2009) Further education colleges boost principals' pay at expense of workers.

Keep transport services public warn unions

(29/06/2009) Plans by North Somerset Council to privatise transport services a risk to vulnerable children.

Building Britain's Future - UNISON reaction

(29/06/2009) Real reforms must put people before profit says UNISON.

College nursery closures set to spiral, say unions

(26/06/2009) Huge rise in redundancies will result in record number of college crèche closures, according to unions.

Strike dates set for London Metropolitan University

(26/06/2009) Over 300 Unison members due to walk out in protest over staff cuts

Scottish social care workers issue ten point plan to rescue social work

(25/06/2009) UNISON and BASW join forces to tackle key problems.

Energy overcharging - UNISON reaction

(25/06/2009) UNISON chief calls the rise in energy pricing a 'disgrace'.

UNISON backs calls for tougher sentences for domestic violence

(23/06/2009) Reaction to the campaign against domestic violence sentencing.

No new chief executive for mid-staffs hospital - 'a bitter blow'

(23/06/2009) Head of UNISON expresses disappointment at hospital's failure to appoint new CEO.

UNISON chief calls for change of culture at Mid-Staffordshire hospital

(22/06/2009) General Secretary to visit Mid-Staffs hospital with message for new chief executive and staff.

Terminal cancer sufferer wins £205,000 in asbestos claim

(22/06/2009) UNISON wins damages for gardener struck down with mesothelioma contracted at work.

UNISON calls for pensions justice

(19/06/2009) Pensioner poverty is a scandal not to be tolerated.

Public sector borrowing figures - UNISON reaction

(19/06/2009) Axing trident and tackling tax avoidance would save country billions.

2000 UNISON activists in Aung San Suu Kyi mask protest

(18/06/2009) UNISON members call for release of Burma pro-democracy leader.

Brighton's talking bus stops for the blind win national award sponsored by UNISON

(18/06/2009) Blind UNISON Member, Kim Silver, tries one of them out.

Social work vacancies hit danger point warns UNISON

(17/06/2009) Councils accused of covering up the true extent of the vacancies.

No more blank cheques for Labour, warns Dave Prentis

(17/06/2009) Extracts from the General Secretary's keynote speech to UNISON annual conference.

Public sector workers desert Labour

(16/06/2009) Labour vote collapsed since last year - Dave Prentis comments.
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