Support grows for living wage at Solihull Council

Lib Dem and Green councillors add support to Labour for the living wage to be implemented at Solihull Council

Article on the UNISON National site.

Wolverhampton council members to discuss strike

As council plans to axe 1,000 jobs, UNISON members will meet to discuss strike action

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON vows to campaign against threat to education centre

Worcestershire branch warns that closing outdoor education centre will lose a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the children in the county

Article on the UNISON National site.

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.

No sign of recovery for jobless in the West Midlands

‘The small national drop in unemployment today masks the reality of rising underemployment across the country’

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON urges rethink on hospital plans

UNISON has urges the board at Nuneaton’s George Eliot Hospital to think again over plans that could see the hospital going to the private sector

Article on the UNISON National site.

West Midlands answering the call to save the NHS

Activists from branches all across the region are sending coaches to Manchester to coincide with the Conservative Party national conference for the national Save the NHS rally on 29 September

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON West Midlands launches regional education website

A dynamic way to discover member and activist learning opportunities in your area

Article on the UNISON National site.

No salvation shown to charity workers who face pay cuts and poverty line

UNISON condemns The Salvation Army’s plans to cut the pay and service conditions of workers caring for people in hostels for the homeless

Article on the UNISON National site.

Underemployment is ‘plaguing the country and stifling economic growth’

Warning from UNISON West Midlands regional secretary Ravi Subramanian

Article on the UNISON National site.