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

A better life at work: a life-changing charter for working women 

In our new series focused on the government’s Employment Rights Bill, UNISON’s legal team considers the many benefits in the proposed legislation for the union’s one million women members 

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

Glenn Carrington in paramedic uniform, sitting on the back of an ambulance

Black History Month: ‘We’re here, we’re contributing’

From Windrush to the summer’s far-right riots, UNISON’s Black members have important stories to tell

Black History Month 2024: migrant care workers speak out

UNISON spotlights Black care workers, who represent a fifth of the adult social care workforce

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