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‘Five days for fair pay’ starts with a four-hour strike on Monday 13 October, followed by four days of action short of a strike for the rest of the week

UNISON members across the West Midlands are preparing for a day of protest against the government’s miserly pay policies that will see most of them not even receive a 1% rise this year

Joint union fliers are available for branches organising around the probation day of action of 30 May

As part of the local government NJC 2014 pay campaign in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, UNISON is running a survey to check the impact of falling pay and rising prices

The UNISON local government industrial action ballot in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will start on 23 May

There is just one week left in the NJC strike ballot with the last chance to request ballot papers on 18 June at noon, and the ballot closing on Monday 23 June.

The NUT is taking strike action on 26 March: advice for UNISON members working in English chools

Support grows for striking university staff as information reveals scale of spending on agency staff

Union calls on every branch to organise lunchtime or after work rallies to speak up for pay and their local services

Oasis Community Learning agrees to pay £250 to support staff earning £21,000 a year or less

UNSION member Ekhlas Ahmed celebrates after husband freed from Khartoum jail

‘The small national drop in unemployment today masks the reality of rising underemployment across the country’

UNISON condemns The Salvation Army’s plans to cut the pay and service conditions of workers caring for people in hostels for the homeless

UNISON warns that edundancies would have “devastating consequences” as council says up to half its staff could be cut in bid to save save £80m

During Adult Learners Week more than 50 UNISON branches have arranged over 90 learning events across the West Midlands region