• NEC hears plans for industrial action, plus new ballots

    UNISON’s national executive council (NEC) met today and heard reports on the preparations for strike action, balloting and re-balloting across the union, as the third Conservative prime minister of the year shows little sign of improving the lives of working people.
    Addressing the meeting, general secretary Christina McAnea said that the “last time we met was just after Liz Truss was elected – by the Tories, not the country”.
    The autumn statement from Chancellor Jeremy Hu
  • Christopher Eccleston celebrates UNISON’s Champions Day

    The first UNISON Champions Day is being held today, 7 December, to celebrate and defend local government workers for the everyday heroes they are and extend the work of the union’s Local Service Champions campaign.
    Up and down the country, workplaces will be holding coffee mornings, profiling the work of their champions in local news, and inviting MPs to events to celebrate and raise the profile of local government workers.
    For the day, UNISON has released a special film of last year&rsquo

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