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Private contractor gets funding from government to pay non-medical staff the COVID bonus

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A homeless hostel team leader talks about how the coronavirus pandemic has made her and her colleagues’ jobs harder than ever

Devolution is finally reaching the English regions – on 4 May, voters get to elect the first batch of ‘metro mayors’

Leisure trust that is set to run the aquatic centre for next year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham is targeting staff while having millions in the bank

‘At first it was gut instinct,’ says Julie Robinson, who challenged an error in how term-time staff at West Midlands sixth form college were being paid

Devolution is finally reaching the English regions – on 4 May, voters get to elect the first batch of ‘metro mayors’

General secretary Dave Prentis visits branch to see first hand the practical help and support provided to members

Petition launched by UNISON as homes are threatened with closure

Your time is nearly up, general secretary tells Tory conference as unions rally in Birmingham for decent pay

UNISON General secretary Dave Prentis has made an impassioned plea to end “the cycle of desperation” and defend all that the union movement has achieved

UNISON members in the Food Standards Agency are set to ballot for industrial action on pay in the coming weeks, after the employer forced a 0.75% pay rise on them earlier this year

With less than a year to go to the general election, UNISON is launching its manifesto for public services

UNISON has hailed the local government strike as an overwhelming success, with more than one million public service workers on picket lines and at rallies in protest over their pay offer

Unions around the world send solidarity messages to UNISON strikers