‘I expect to see the Employment Rights Bill … a genuine living wage, pay equality, and fair pay agreements set up in social care’
General Secretary’s blog
UNISON General Secretary Christina McAnea’s blog.
![Christina McAnea with the international trade union delegation to Palestine](https://www.unison.org.uk/content/uploads/2024/06/Christina-Palestine-delegation-235x130.jpg)
Visiting the West Bank with an international trade union delegation was inspiring and motivating to campaign and fight for justice for Palestinians
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Today’s international day against homophobia, bi+phobia and transphobia comes as the UK has slipped down the rainbow map rankings
![Christina McAnea](https://www.unison.org.uk/content/uploads/2023/12/Christina-pic-for-blogs-745x420-1-235x130.jpg)
Voters in council elections have deserted the Conservatives over their party’s failure to properly fund local services
![Christina McAnea addressing UNISON's health conference](https://www.unison.org.uk/content/uploads/2024/04/Christina-McAnea-235x130.jpg)
After 14 years of Tory failure, it’s UNISON’s mission to defend the NHS from being driven into complete rack and ruin
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‘I met with Wes Streeting, the shadow secretary of state for health and social care, who is the first to sign up to UNISON’s national care campaign pledge’
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This year’s LGBT+ History Month also gives us a chance to remember the vital role LGBT+ workers play in our health service
![Christina McAnea](https://www.unison.org.uk/content/uploads/2023/12/Christina-pic-for-blogs-745x420-1-235x130.jpg)
The party’s New Deal for Working People, planned with UNISON’s involvement, would make a huge improvement to working people’s lives