Firm Foundations: ask the expert

Sylvia Jones, UNISON’s housing policy expert, addresses several major issues in the housing sector and how UNISON is responding

How to: get the vote out for the NEC election

Voting for UNISON’s 2025 NEC elections starts on 21 April and closes on 21 May. It’s crucial to encourage as many members as possible to vote

4 or 5 day work week symbol. Turned the cube and changed words '5 day work week' to '4 day work week'. Beautiful orange background. Copy space. Business and 4 or 5 day work week concept.

Seize the day – campaigning for a four-day week

Is a four-day week the future of work? Simon Jackson speaks to the branch secretary at the first council in the UK to trial a four-day work week with no loss of pay

Firm Foundations part three: the history of council housing

As the housing crisis deepens, Simon Jackson looks back at the history of council housing and how it can inform the future

A portrait of Wacuka, a migrant care worker

Cowboy care companies

Two migrant care workers explain the effects of a flawed visa system

Firm foundations part two: the crippling cost of the crisis

In the second of our series on the UK housing crisis, Simon Jackson examines two key symptoms – the impact on health and homelessness

The Winter Essentials Grant

UNISON’s welfare charity, There for You, is launching the Winter Essentials Grant on Wednesday 11 December, find out if you could be eligible for a £200 voucher

A graphic showing a brick wall with 'Firm Foundations: A UNISON series on the housing crisis" written on the bricks

Firm Foundations – housing: a basic human right

In the first of a series on the UK housing crisis, Simon Jackson explores the many issues involved, what the government intends to do about them, and what UNISON is doing

Occupational therapists, Rebecca Lewis (left) and Tina Stanton

‘We teach people to dance, not just walk’

At the start of Occupational Therapy Week 2024, UNISON finds out why OTs make a huge difference in health and social care

Democracy – fuelled by tea, biscuits and local government staff

Six weeks notice. Deliver a parliamentary election. No ifs, buts or maybes. Jacqui Andrews from Dorset Council explains the teams and the work underpinning our democracy