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

The beating heart of the school community

The new School Support Staff Negotiating Body is a genuine opportunity to make sure all school staff are treated fairly and equally

Late Shift – new drama celebrates nurses on the frontline

A powerful new film pays tribute to the dedication of nurses despite the pressures of understaffing. Demetrios Matheou introduces the film, and director Petra Volpe answers some questions

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

Portrait of Mike Berners-Lee, with a beach and water behind him.

A climate of truth

Demetrios Matheou meets the campaigning author and academic Mike Berners-Lee, whose new book attempts a different approach in the battle to save the planet

close up on different coloured spines of booklets

Equipped to negotiate

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

Shantha David and Maggi Ferncombe standing back to back with UNISON sign in the background

How unions got their power back

Senior UNISON staff discuss how the Employment Rights Bill will liberate trade unions from the legal shackles imposed by the Tories and transform industrial relations – in ways that benefit all workers

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

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