Photograph of a senior couple, sitting in front of a radiator, the woman holding gas bill

‘Heat or eat’: a retired member looks ahead to a tough winter

UNISON predicts that a ‘significant number’ of its 167,000 retired members are going to struggle as a result of the government changes to the winter fuel allowance

The game changer

UNISON policy officer Guy Collis on what a fair pay agreement – as touted in the government’s New Deal For Working People – would mean for the care sector

Employment law – improving life for workers

UNISON’s legal officer and in-house solicitor Bruce Robin looks at the government’s plans for new bills on employment rights and race and disability equality

Stars in Our Schools: ‘Without support staff, there’d be no school’

UNISON met two long-standing school activists who share why Stars in Our Schools is so important to them

Healthcare assistants rally outside James Cook University Hospital on Teeside

Why organising to win is a win-win

A successful campaign to get healthcare assistants in two Teesside hospital trusts re-banded, with back pay, is a textbook illustration of the value of the strategy

Proud to work in probation

Probation officers bring hope and rehabilitation to people involved in the criminal justice system. UNISON meets the members who are proud to work in probation – and hears about what needs to change

Portrait of Greg Marshall

Get set for Green UNISON Week by becoming a citizen scientist

Greg Marshall, the chair of UNISON’s Environment Agency sector committee, explains how to become a citizen scientist, as we near Green UNISON Week

How to … lobby

There’s an issue you want to address, campaign for, change for the better. But how do you win the hearts and minds of those who matter? Simon Jackson unpicks the art of lobbying

UNISON’s voice at the heart of government

Labour’s landslide victory has resulted in a number of new MPs with links to UNISON. Meet the class of 2024

Our human rights saved from the brink of extinction

The Labour Party’s return to power should mark an end to central government’s attacks on the Human Rights Act. By UNISON head of legal Shantha David