UNISON union
Local government: vote yes and organise to strike!
Over half a million council and school employees are currently balloting for strike action to win a real pay rise. If successful, this would be the biggest strike yet in the wave of action over the cost of living crisis. But the task is huge.
Health bulletin: Defy the anti-union laws
Health bulletin for 1 May 2023
NHS pay deal is a pay cut: vote no!
The pay offer is an insult. Organise to fight for more.
The NHS: Death by a thousand cuts
7.2 million people are on waiting lists for NHS treatment in England.
Health bulletin: Victory to the nurses – defend the NHS
Health bulletin for 14 December 2022
Yellow Unison goes running to education bosses
By a Unison activist THE NATIONAL Education Union has won an impressive mandate to call an official strike ballot for a cost of living pay increase. Not only did over a quarter of a million teachers vote by 86% on a 62% turnout for strike action in support of a fully-funded (i.e. increasing school budgets) […]
Healthworkers: vote ‘yes’ and prepare to fight
Joint strike committees should mobilise across all unions for a big yes vote, and demand escalating action to win
Public sector pay ballots: press for co-ordination
Nurses, refuse collectors, youth workers, teachers, lecturers and civil servants are being balloted.
Leeds University workers launch week-long pay strike
By Rebecca Anderson A hundred Unison members picketed Leeds University this morning, an impressive turnout to kick off their week of strike action. Libraries were closed and campus was encircled by a young, angry workforce demanding the university increase its pay offer to meet the spiralling cost of living. Earlier this year, Unison members at […]
Higher education strikes: escalate and fight for rank and file control
The Higher Education strike has seen vibrant picket lines and a fighting mood up and down the country.
