Local government conference opens in Liverpool with a refusal ‘to be made poorer by this government’
cost of living

Labour’s deputy leader, UNISON’s general secretary and a leading UNISON activist – three very influential women – discuss the politics needed to bring about change

While workers are struggling to pay their energy costs, BP has announced profits of £4 billion in the first three months of this year
Denying staff a pay rise won’t help the economy

Protecting and increasing pay is vital to UNISON. We organise, we act, we win. But the work never stops. Get involved and let’s win together.

Today’s budget found the cash to offer tax cuts to big businesses and the highest earners – but nothing for public service pay, again

We’ll be watching closely, and we’ll be ready to take action if the chancellor fails to fix the crisis in pay packets and public services

But new UNISON research shows that public service workers are overwhelmingly pessimistic about chancellor Jeremy Hunt doing the right thing next week

UNISON national women’s conference opens with passionate debate on wide-ranging effects of the crisis, as women become the ‘shock-absorbers’ of austerity
Ministers must move on wages as workers struggle