Probation workers stage two-hour stoppage over pay row

UNISON members are today (Tuesday) staging a two-hour stoppage in England and Wales between 8am and 10am in the ongoing dispute over pay

UNISON protests to Jeremy Hunt about huge NHS contract award

Union writes to the Secretary of State for Health asking him not to allow the award of a huge NHS contract to a private company

We need a budget that helps, not hinders, our lowest-paid workers

This budget will only help the rich get richer and the poor even poorer

Members among Tunisian victims

UNISON is sad to confirm that three members were among the 38 people killed in the Tunisia terrorist attack

The threats and opportunities of devolution

UNISON’s national delegate conference discusses devolution

The relentless race to the bottom in pensions

The pension changes introduced this year were routinely attacked at UNISON’s national delegate conference this afternoon with one speaker describing them as a “relentless race to the bottom in pension provision”

Maintenance grant cuts will hit poorest students

UNISON has condemned suggestions that the government could hit grant funding for students from low income households

School dinner ladies win a living wage

Hundreds of the lowest-paid workers in school kitchens across the north London borough of Camden will be paid a living wage, following a UNISON-led campaign

Probation strike action suspended

UNISON’s Probation Committee has agreed to suspend the strike called for Thursday 11 June, and the action short of strike action due to have started on Friday 12 June, in order to allow further talks to take place to seek to resolve the 2014 pay dispute

International rally and reception at national delegate conference

On the eve of its national delegate conference in Glasgow, UNISON will host an international rally and reception

Fighting cuts to facility time

As a part of continuing efforts to help branches and regions fight facility time cuts – and cope following a cut – UNISON has produced a revised guide and factsheet

Get tweeting at conference

Keep up to date with all the speeches, fringe events and activities at UNISON’s national delegate conference next week

School uniform grants – correction

There is an error on There for you’s school uniform grant application form

Higher ed members have three weeks to have their say on pay

Consultation ends on 26 June on offer of 1% pay rise, with more for lower paid, across the UK

Government’s planned academies push goes against localism claims, says UNISON

UNISON says that the governments plan to force more schools to become academies ignores its own claims of being committed to devolution and localism