Paltry college pay offer accepted, reluctantly

UNISON reluctantly accepts 0.7% – and living wage – in English further education colleges after consulting branches

Article on the UNISON National site.

Government accused over higher education

UNISON tells TUC that government commitment to higher education is undermined by calls for universities to find new methods of funding

Article on the UNISON National site.

Prentis highlights scandal the coalition has created

General secretary says unions must fight to end low pay and job casualisation

Article on the UNISON National site.

Time to stop talking in conferences

Carolan tells delegates to make sure they take the message out beyond the conference hall to voters

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON to post academy living wage claims

UNISON is to put in claims for the living wage for all members working in academy schools where the union is recognised

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON leads TUC call for ‘a fairer Britain’

UNISON call marks opening of this year’s TUC congress in Bournemouth

Article on the UNISON National site.

One in five workers get less than a living wage

Number of workers paid less than the living wage is up by 1.4 million since 2009

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON urges members to lobby their MPs over new ‘gagging law’

New law threatens to gag charities, NGOs, blogs, think-tanks, trade unions and other campaigning organisations by severely restricting how much money they can spend on political campaigning in the year running up to a general election

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON calls for fair pay over free iPads

Universities are offering expensive incentives to students during the clearing process while many higher education staff are yet to receive a living wage

Article on the UNISON National site.

‘UNISON is calling time on poverty pay in local government’

UNISON is consulting local government branches in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on the NJC pay claim for 2014/15 and is calling for restored pay levels and a Living Wage for all

Article on the UNISON National site.