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‘We must act now’

Campaigners in Coventry to demonstrate against £60m cuts to services

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON wins compensation for assaulted care worker

Injuries left carer unable to work after repeated assaults by a teenager who should have been placed in a secure unit

Article on the UNISON National site.

Herefordshire council announces another devastating dose of austerity medicine

The council is now saying that, since February's budget, 320 more jobs will have to go over the next two years and an extra £8m savings. UNISON is asking what has gone wrong […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

University of Birmingham workers enjoy double celebration

Union’s campaign wins through after university drops changes that would have hit pay and jobs

Article on the UNISON National site.

Fighting for their lives at Birmingham Connexions

UNISON members fight back against swingeing cuts to Birmingham Connexions service

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON tells Herefordshire council to ‘come clean’ over cuts

UNISON members back campaign to resist heavy job cuts and destruction of non-statutory public services in Herefordshire

Article on the UNISON National site.

Local government members to vote on offer

The GMB held a national stewards conference on 3 May and decided to recommend the offer as the best achievable. Unite is […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Charity with caring image bullies its staff with threats of the sack

The charity has also taken away vital protection from staff by de-recognising UNISON, just as staff need their union more than ever before. When the union organised a peaceful protest […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

A big week for adult learners in the West Midlands

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

Article on the UNISON National site.

Branches take the opportunity to promote adult learning

his week is Adult Learners’ Week, an annual opportunity to celebrate the value and pleasure of getting back into learning as an adult

Article on the UNISON National site.

Union campaigning persuades council to convene full meeting

Herefordshire council cabinet decides to call a special meeting of the full council on Friday 24 May for an open debate on cuts proposals

Article on the UNISON National site.

Government’s ‘broken promise’ leads to loss of 300 NHS jobs in Walsall

Union pledges to work with hospital management to minimise further job losses following £10 million budget cuts

Article on the UNISON National site.

New £100m cut ‘very damaging’ to West Midlands policing

UNISON calls on senior police “not to mislead the public into thinking that these cuts can be made with little or no consequences”

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON lobbies council over child home closure

Private partner accused of ‘steamrolling’ plans that would be ‘greatly detrimental’ to vulnerable children

Article on the UNISON National site.

Unemployment spells misery for thousands in the West Midlands

A slight fall in UK jobless figures masks a dismal picture for the West Midlands, says UNISON

Article on the UNISON National site.