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.

Workers Power  ·  04 June 2023

Health bulletin: Defy the anti-union laws

Health bulletin for 1 May 2023

Workers Power  ·  01 May 2023

NHS pay deal is a pay cut: vote no!

The pay offer is an insult. Organise to fight for more.

Jeremy Dewar  ·  28 March 2023

The NHS: Death by a thousand cuts

7.2 million people are on waiting lists for NHS treatment in England.

Rebecca Anderson  ·  18 December 2022

Health bulletin: Victory to the nurses – defend the NHS

Health bulletin for 14 December 2022

Workers Power  ·  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) […]

Workers Power  ·  02 November 2022

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

KD Tait  ·  12 October 2022

Public sector pay ballots: press for co-ordination

Nurses, refuse collectors, youth workers, teachers, lecturers and civil servants are being balloted.

Rebecca Anderson  ·  10 September 2022

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 […]

Rebecca Anderson  ·  20 June 2022

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.

Andy Yorke  ·  01 March 2022

Class struggle bulletin

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