Disability and us

To mark Disability History Month 2025, two of UNISON’s most senior disabled activists, Jeanette Lloyd and Tina Kemp, share their thoughts on what needs to change for disabled people

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

Vindicated

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

Underpaid, undervalued, unseen – until now

‘We need a voice – I want to speak up for low-paid women’. Meet our new UNISON president, Catherine McKenna

Phlebotomist stands holding her child

We won’t strike in vein

On 4 July, Phlebotomists in Gloucester passed 100 days on the picket line

Andy Hewston stands in a blue shirt

Legal briefing: unfair dismissal for gross misconduct

UNISON legal officer Bruce Robin explains the technical details of school inspector Andy Hewston’s case

Andy Hewston sits by a window

UNISON finds Ofsted ‘inadequate’

Union member and long-time school inspector Andy Hewston was sacked by Ofsted for gross misconduct. Over six years, UNISON helped him fight back – and win

Photo of graduation ceremony

Failing to make the grade

UNISON members working in universities are facing the brunt of cuts because of a funding model that is ‘not fit for purpose’, as Janey Starling discovers 

Book cover and photo of Emily Callaci

Wages for Housework by Emily Callaci – book review  

A vivid and vital book by historian Emily Callaci shows how a campaign about women’s care work is as relevant today as it was in the 1970s. By Janey Starling

Consuelo Moreno - UNISON SOAS rep.

Cleaned out 

They are the invisible army who keep our workplaces safe. Hailed as heroes in the COVID-19 pandemic, have cleaners since been forgotten? And is it because most are women? 

Louise Almeida

The admin workers who keep the NHS running on time  

UNISON’s One Team Awards honour the vital, yet often unseen work of NHS support staff. This year’s winners all work in admin – medical PA, learning support and sterile services