Christina McAnea, arms folded, in front of conference stage - 'Fighting for our future'

Blog: Don’t give away your power

It’s down to you to put the right people into positions of responsibility in our union. But hurry – voting closes soon

General Secretary, General Secretary's blog on the UNISON National site.
Christina McAnea, arms folded, in front of conference stage - 'Fighting for our future'

Blog: This is democracy in action

The NEC makes decisions on your behalf and, working collectively, they must put UNISON members’ interests first – please use your vote

General Secretary, General Secretary's blog on the UNISON National site.
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UNISON prepares ‘robust response’ to government’s attempts to divide the health team

One Team values more important than ever, the national executive council heard today

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Electing the next NEC

The election for the National Executive Council, UNISON’s most senior body of activists, opens on 17 April. Here’s what you need to know…

UNISON and Prospect unite on the picket lines outside the Environment Agency on Marsham Street, London SW1.

NEC hears of ongoing industrial action across the union

Fair pay and fighting the Westminster government’s anti-strike bill are also discussed by UNISON’s ruling executive

Article on the UNISON National site.
screen grab of Lesia Semeniaka addressing the UNISON NEC

NEC hears that building for the NHS strike ballots is the ‘priority’

The October meeting was also addressed by the international officer of Atomprofspilka, the Nuclear Power and Industry Workers Union in Ukraine

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

‘A struggle is a struggle. That’s why we’ve got to stick together’

UNISON president Andrea Egan outlines her vision, pledging: “I use every power and opportunity I’ve got, and I won’t leave any equality group behind”

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
Front of the UNISON group on the TUC demo June 2022

General secretary reiterates need for branches to be ‘strike ready’

Christina McAnea also tells NEC meeting that the spectacle of the Tory Party leadership candidates trying to ‘out-tough’ each other is ‘unedifying’

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON vows to keep up the pressure on cost of living crisis

Rising prices and the TUC march and demo on 18 June dominate union’s NEC meeting

Article on the UNISON National site.
woman's hands holding empty purse

NEC hears how the cost of living is dominating the union’s work

Meeting also continues preparations for the union’s first in-person national delegate conference since before the pandemic

Article on the UNISON National site.