Fighting to protect workers’ rights

UNISON is ‘deeply concerned’ about the impact of the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill as it gets its second reading in parliament today

Article on the UNISON National site.
UNISON in solidarity with Ukraine graphic

Ukraine: Solidarity one year on

Union members and branches are invited to donate in solidarity with the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine.

News on the UNISON National site.
UNISON in solidarity with Ukraine graphic

Ukraine: one year on

On the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine, with no sign of peace, the trade union movement prepares to launch a new appeal for trade unionists displaced by the war

Article on the UNISON National site.
Turkey police squad protecting government against riot - protest fighting concept, military 3D Illustration on flag background

Rebranded Türkiye – still branding trade unionists as terrorists

Turkey may now be Türkiye, but the state’s attacks on trade unions continue. Janey Starling talked to the president of the Confederation of Public Employees Trade Unions

Daniella Vega Sotelo, a member of the peasant farmer’s union FENSUAGRO, speaks to young members conference delegates from Colombia.

Colombian trade unionist addresses young members

Guest speaker Daniella Vega Sotelo, a member of the peasant farmer’s union FENSUAGRO, spoke of being a trade unionist in Colombia

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
Portrait of Christina McAnea

Blog: We need a new law to protect human rights and the environment

Companies must be held to account when they fail to prevent abuses and harms

General Secretary's blog, News on the UNISON National site.
I stand with migrant workers

UNISON stands with migrant workers in Qatar – beyond football

UNISON demands that a migrant workers’ centre is created in Qatar, as the key legacy of the global sporting event

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
UNISON vice president Andrea Egan stands with Turkish trade unionists

UNISON attends trade unionist trial in Turkey

Gonul Erden faces charges of ‘terrorism’ for her trade union work, when she was co-president of the public health and services union SES

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON condemns the death of Mahsa Amini

Kurdish woman died in hospital after three days in police custody

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
Hundreds of protestors hold pro-abortion placards

UNISON backs abortion rights and decriminalisation

Abortion is still illegal in the UK, with a recent report revealing that a woman was arrested straight after a stillbirth in Cornwall and remains under investigation

Article, News on the UNISON National site.