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Employer announces it will return the workers to national pay, terms and conditions after last week’s industrial action

West Midlands members continue their long-running action over contracts

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

Commenting on the news that 700 British Gas jobs are to go in the West Midlands, with the closure of the Oldbury service/call centre near Birmingham, UNISON national energy officer Matt Lay said: “This is terrible news for the company’s Birmingham-based employees, who will be devastated at the prospect of losing their jobs. British Gas […]

The health service group executive considered the ballot result on Friday 19 September and recommended the industrial action on 13 October with action short of a strike for the rest of 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

The government is breaking it up up into a new National Probation Service and 21 dommunity rehabilitation companies. These companies will then be sold to the private sector […]

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

Ms Wakefield continued: "There is an alternative to the cuts. Our members and service users should not have to pay the price for the mess the bankers caused."   Local […]

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