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Feature of the week

Portrait of Bindu Parmar, in a part with trees behind her

Vindicated

Bindu Parmar speaks candidly about her long-running race discrimination case

Behind the headlines

Baz Harding-Clark, dressed in hospital scrubs, and Alfredo Thompson in a suit, standing side by side and smiling. Behind them some information boards and the words 'our values'

Working with cancer

UNISON health branch partners with trust on a groundbreaking new policy for supporting staff who are dealing with cancer

Hetticia and Vanderbilt McIntosh posing with a group of UNISON staff including Christina McAnea

A new fight for Windrush justice

Hetticia and Vanderbilt McIntosh are petitioning for legal aid for all Windrush survivors seeking compensation

Portrait of Diane Coombs in front of a hospital entrance sign.

Working rights you can bank on  

Bank workers are essential to the NHS, but they lack many of the rights of permanent staff. UNISON is working to change that

The big picture

Clara Mason standing on some stairs, surrounding by children running down the stairs. The children are out of focus

The beating heart of our schools

Introducing the school support staff team – the many diverse roles that are key to keeping schools running.

close up on different coloured spines of booklets

Equipped to negotiate

Kevin Russell, UNISON’s national officer in the bargaining support group, explains the team’s key role in equipping pay negotiators with the knowledge they need to win

UNISON people

From dustcart till dawn

In Westminster, UNISON members work around the clock to keep one of London’s busiest boroughs clean and tidy

‘We need a voice’

UNISON’s president Catherine McKenna wants to speak up for low-paid women

Phlebotomist stands holding her child

We won’t strike in vein

On the picket line with the Gloucester phlebotomists

UNISON on film

Making social care work in England

A national care service in England is becoming a reality – but there’s still much to do

A still image from the film, showing people walking through a train station, sped up. It reads: "The Employment Rights Bill will transform life at work.

A better life at work

What is it? How will it change working lives? How did we get here? And what happens next? An introduction to the Employment Rights Bill

Guides and briefings

Legal briefing: race discrimination

The technical details of Bindu Parmar’s successful race discrimination case

Unfair dismissal for gross misconduct

The legal background of school inspector Andy Hewston’s case

How to … spot fake news

Populist politicians and the far right deliberately use disinformation. So how can we tell when it’s fake?

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