Unions mobilise for an autumn of pay protests

Members across local government, health and education say ‘enough is enough’

Stress is biggest workplace concern

Stress is the main hazard at work according to a survey of UNISON health and safety reps

Branches urged to follow the momentum for a living wage

Yorkshire & Humberside campaign revealing an ‘open door’ for living wage claims

Union members to strike over pensions as new term begins

UNISON and other trade union members at Aberystwyth University have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action in response to the university’s pension plans

‘Crunch time for the NHS’

Nearly half of hospitals expect to be in the red in 2014-15, TUC delegates told

UNISON warns TUC of ‘shady’ international trade agreements

UNISON has again stressed the dangers posed by the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and similar trade agreements

UNISON tells TUC delegates: ‘We must challenge the dogma that the market knows best’

UNISON delegates speak at range of TUC motions condemning effects of government policy across public services

TUC warned about zero hours contracts and the Immigration Bill

Delegates told about the “dirty secret” of the employment figures and why the Immigration Bill is a “disgraceful and cynical piece of legislation”

General secretary tells TUC now is the time to make a stand

UNISON General secretary Dave Prentis has made an impassioned plea to end “the cycle of desperation” and defend all that the union movement has achieved

Second phase of NJC academy schools to vote on strike action

UNISON members in a second phase of academy schools are voting on whether to take strike action this September

Ofsted members accept pay offer above 1%

Schools inspector also commits to working with UNISON on an equal pay audit

Cutting adult learning

Cuts to adult education budget will increase inequality, unemployment and in-work poverty

UNISON president tells Jarrow marchers – we can save the NHS

“We can save our NHS, but the time to act is now,” UNISON president Lucia McKeever told a rally in Nottingham during the People’s March for the NHS

‘Use your vote’, health members urged

Dave Prentis calls on NHS members in England to use their vote as industrial action ballot opens

Pay protests hit towns across the country

‘Locked out’ local government and school workers protest against low pay and call for a decent pay offer