The Employment Rights Bill – 11 ways UNISON has made it even better 

‘I’m so proud of the role the union has played in drafting and delivering legislation that will be a gamechanger for our members’

Disability and us

To mark Disability History Month 2025, two of UNISON’s most senior disabled activists, Jeanette Lloyd and Tina Kemp, share their thoughts on what needs to change for disabled people

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

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

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

A portrait of Wacuka, a migrant care worker

Cowboy care companies

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

Some of the members of the emergency department at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent, receiving the 2024 Nursing Times team of the year award, which was sponsored by UNISON.

UNISON sponsored Nursing Times team award ‘means the world’

Nursing Times team of the year award goes to a Kent hospital emergency department team that turned itself around

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