UNISON lobbies Church of England leaders over pay

Catering staff, cleaners and caretakers are being paid less than the real living wage in church schools

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
Adejare Oyewole from the national Black members’ committee

Black members’ conference confronts cost of living crisis

Delegates back call to fight for above-inflation pay rises

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Black members pass motions on disability and cost of living crisis

The second day of the UNISON national Black members’ conference, hosted in Edinburgh, passed a number of key motions affecting Black workers

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
Jon Richards, UNISON assistant general secretary, speaking at UNISON's national young members conference in Bournemouth

Young members’ conference opens with debates about cost of living

Assistant general secretary Jon Richards welcomes delegates and speaks before a morning of debate

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
block of flats

Take part in UNISON’s survey on the state of housing

The work will find out more about the housing issues members are facing

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

The autumn statement: A disaster for working people

The chancellor’s autumn statement was a reaction to an economic crisis of the government’s own making. UNISON policy officer David Arnold looks at the consequences for UNISON members and public services

Christina McAnea and four members deliver a petition to No10 Downing Street

UNISON delivers pay petition to Downing Street

Over 183,000 people signed the petition, demanding that the government ends the pay crisis by raising the minimum wage to £15 an hour

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
Crass and shelves of tinned and packet food in a food bank

Food banks under pressure from a ‘tsunami of need’

Food bank charity The Trussell Trust reports that one in five working people are now turning to food banks, as the cost of living crisis takes its toll

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Hundreds of workers lobby Parliament for better pay

UNISON members join the TUC’s ‘We Demand Better’ lobby and rally, urging MPs to do the right thing over the cost of living crisis

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Leaving workers in poverty is no way to run vital services

Holding down pay will worsen a bad situation

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.