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It’s impossible to review UNISON’s year and do justice to all the amazing things UNISON’s activists and members get up to. So, we haven’t tried. Instead here are 8 pretty important, awesome things we’ve done together.
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Former UNISON president Eleanor Smith reflects on an historic general election victory and her first months as an MP
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You call 999, you’re put through to someone, the police arrive… But of course, it’s never as simple as that
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After a starry career on the pitch, Everton and Wales footballing legend Neville Southall is now a UNISON member, working to help struggling youngsters
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For teaching assistant Hasmita Dhamelia, a UNISON course to build confidence led to a new role – as a UNISON rep
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Magda Lezama is a senior council engineer, a rambler, a wine enthusiast, a single mum and a UNISON activist.
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Emily Heron’s dream to become a nurse is being thwarted by the government’s decision to scrap the NHS bursary
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Adam Williams was with a hospital patient when he heard news of an explosion in Manchester. Twenty minutes later he was at the scene