Chris Tansley (centre) receiving an award from Christina McAnea and East Midlands regional secretary Chris Jenkinson

‘I could see what we were trying to create’

Former UNISON president Chris Tansley looks back on over four decades of service – first to Nalgo and then to UNISON

The sunny side of the street

Student nurse, UNISON member and Nursing Times award-winner Sunny Atkinson is proving a powerful force for change. By Demetrios Matheou

Operation protect: probation workloads campaign

Taking the shackles off probation 

UNISON’s Operation Protect campaign demands urgent action on probation workloads in order to protect the public

How to… get involved in the general election

The general election has been called for 4 July. David Arnold and Aimy Saunders talk through the ways UNISON members and activists can get involved – and shape the future

Color image depicting the rear view of a lonely woman looking at the street from her bedroom window. She is rendered an almost total silhouette due to the light flooding into the room from the window.

There for You: ‘I’d never known kindness and generosity like it’

When a member of police staff at Lancashire Constabulary was herself the victim of domestic violence, it was her union that helped her through the worst of times

Female UNISON member smiling, with stickies on her fingers, at a UNISON learning event

Love to learn with UNISON

Did you know your union runs its own college? Find out what’s available for members and activists – or how members can become activists

Carola Towle and Jackie Lewis discussing campaigning for LGBT+ rights and equality

Get loud, get proud

This is UNISON’s Year of LGBT+ Workers. Amanda Kendal joined two legends of the fight for equality, Carola Towle and Jackie Lewis, to find out why now is a good time

Wes Streeting MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, speaking to a nurse while visiting the Cambridge Practice in Aldershot, Hampshire, UK. Photo©Steve Forrest/Workers’ Photos

Wes Streeting: The man who can

The shadow health and social care secretary has one of the most daunting tasks should Labour gain power in Westminster. Who is he, and how will he fix such huge issues?

Dreams can come true

Five people deeply connected to the care sector explain what it’s like now – and what a national care service would mean for them

‘Work will finally pay’

Shadow secretary for Wales Jo Stevens on what public sector workers could expect from a Labour victory at the general election