Press Releases
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 notificationDog 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 cutsScottish 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.People in UNISON
Dave Prentis, general secretary
Keith Sonnet, deputy general secretary
Sue Highton, president
Angela Lynes, vice-president
Gerry Gallagher, vice-president
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