Our Save Our Services campaign day of action on 19 October this year focuses on libraries – a hub and a haven in our communities offering a place for people to work, relax, discover and think
Blogs
‘We must fight for well-funded, accessible local services that will benefit everyone in our communities’
This month and next will be busy months for UNISON’s Public Service Champions campaign.
‘Mostly, I speak and think and dream in English; you could say that I am English even in my sleep’
Nine out of10 hospitals faced overcrowding this winter – a sure-fire sign that government underfunding is beginning to affect patient care. Waiting times are up. And there’s a widespread cash shortage forcing difficult decisions on staff around the country.
Black workers are usually the first to lose their job in a recession – and this has been true for services provided by local government in the latest recession
Without a backbone of administrative and clerical workers to help take the strain, our vital local services will collapse
Workplace rights was at the heart of UNISON’s campaign to keep Britain in the EU. We may have lost that argument, but our concerns remain. Before the referendum UNISON members told us that rights at work were their top priority – and in the aftermath, preserving those rights has been one of our top priorities.
Snow isn’t falling all around us quite yet, but the Christmas ads have started popping up. And perhaps that sinking feeling has too: The panic of having to buy all those presents, who gets what, Christmas decorations, all the food – and breathe! Don’t panic. We know Christmas can be overwhelming. With members already feeling […]
I’m proud of the job people who work in the health service do 24 hours a day, seven days a week: UNISON will always fight their corner against this government – by any means possible
Anke Plummer blogs about her experience as an EU migrant in the UK
We must ignore the doom mongers, the next election is not lost – but the year ahead has to be about how Labour wins back the support of voters across the country.
The blame for the social care crisis must be laid at the government’s door: ministers must get tougher with enforcing and more money must be put into care
I was proud that as a member of the Trade Union Share Owners group, UNISON was able to play a role in holding Sports Direct to account, by pushing them to allow independent investigation of their working practices.
An armed response unit, a Turkish coup and Turkmenistan’s ‘door to hell’ – all these (and more) featured in one member’s summer adventure