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UNISON members from police, probation and Cafcass meet with policing minister Dame Diana Johnson to make the case for more funding for police services. www.unison.org.uk/news/article...

Spending review: Extra funding for public services welcomed but Labour urged to reverse disability benefit cuts leftfootforward.org/2025/06/spen...

Striking UNISON care workers Enable Scotland march on Holyrood to demand collective bargaining and fair funding for fair work in social care. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stri...

Great @schoolsweek.bsky.social piece featuring @unisoninschools.bsky.social research ‘An accident waiting to happen’: Schools forced to provide medical care for vulnerable pupils schoolsweek.co.uk/an-accident-...

🚨 Attention council and school workers 🚨  ONE WEEK LEFT! Have your say on the pay offer of 3.2%.  ❌ Vote reject ❓ Find out more www.unison.org.uk/our-campaign...

Every role counts - from clinicians to caterers. When NHS jobs are cut, it cuts corners on care. Take action 👉 www.unison.org.uk/nhscuts

𝗡𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗡𝗛𝗦 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 🎡💂🏼‍♂️ Striking NHS staff from Nottingham have taken their fight for fair pay to Parliament this week, calling on MPs to intervene to help end a long-running row over back pay. Read more 👉 unsn.uk/nuhlobby

Higher education members, you still have time to participate in the 2025/26 pay consultation – the deadline is 12 noon on 11 July. We are calling on your employers and the government to Fund Our Future and Fund Our Pay ✊ www.unison.org.uk/hepay2526

Higher education members, you still have time to participate in the 2025/26 pay consultation – the deadline is 12 noon on 11 July. We are calling on your employers and the government to Fund Our Future and Fund Our Pay ✊ www.unison.org.uk/hepay2526

Gloucester phlebotomists pass 60 days of strike action www.unison.org.uk/news/article...

“They keep saying ‘the world has changed’ - one of the key things we’re saying is then you ought to change your fiscal policy and start raising money from those who are best able to afford it,” UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea talks to Andrew Marr on @lbc.co.uk about the spending review.

Solidarity with Nottingham healthcare support workers on strike over pay for the work they carry out ✊ Time for Trusts to step up and pay their staff the proper rate for the job. #PayFairForPatientCare

More data and extra guidance alone won’t convince staff emergency care pressures will ease www.unison.org.uk/news/2025/06...

There’s still a ‘huge mountain to climb’ for the chancellor in terms of adequate NHS funding, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea tells Times Radio.

Coming up next on Times Radio - UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea discusses the Spending Review www.thetimes.com/radio/live

Spending Review: UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea: “The chancellor is trying to turn the page on the austerity disaster inflicted on communities across the UK by successive Conservative governments.

✂️𝟰𝟯𝟬 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀 Non-clinical staff at QMC and City Hospitals are at risk of losing their jobs. UNISON’s Scott Weightman spoke to BBC East Midlands last night ⬇️

☀️ @unison.org.uk Scotland proudly joins the list of supporters mobilising for the Scottish national demonstration in Glasgow - 12 days to go! #AyeWelcomeRegufees #StopTheFarRight #SafePassage #LiftTheBan #StopDeportations 🗓️Sat 21 June 📍Barrowland Park, 12noon @unisonscotlgbt.bsky.social

📺 𝗜𝗧𝗩 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 Did you see our Nottingham NHS strikers on the news last night? @itvcentral.bsky.social covered the ongoing healthcare support workers strike at QMC and City Hospitals.

UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea: “This is the right thing to do. The government acknowledges it made a mistake.  “Restoring the fuel payment to all but the wealthiest pensioners will make a huge difference to anyone who struggled to keep warm last winter.”

Congratulations to the #ChampionsinOurColleges winners!

More data and extra guidance alone won’t convince staff emergency care pressures will ease www.unison.org.uk/news/2025/06...

“It's time you received a proper pay rise that reflects the work you do.” UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea urges all members working in councils and schools to vote now on pay. ❌ Vote reject ❓Find out more: www.unison.org.uk/NJC2025

On Friday ICE agents launched aggressive raids throughout Los Angeles. SEIU Local USWW President David Huerta was assaulted, injured and detained while advocating for immigrant workers. While he has been released from the hospital, he remains in custody. #FreeDavidEndRaids #SolidaritySummer

𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗡𝗛𝗦 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 Underpaid healthcare assistants, support workers, and emergency department assistants have walked out again over pay. They're striking until Saturday! Read more: unsn.uk/PF4PCNotts

🚨 TODAY - Join us on the National Demonstration 💰 Tax hidden wealth 👥 Fund public services 💷 Fair pay 🏥 Investment in communities and the NHS 🗓️ Saturday 7 June - 12 noon 📍 London. Portland place W1B for march to Whitehall @peoplesassembly.bsky.social

Eid Mubarak to all marking and celebrating #EidAlAdha. Let this time strengthen the bonds of kindness, care, and unity.

✊ In solidarity with UK unions & communities marching tomorrow in London. 🛑 Austerity is a political choice. It damages public services, fuels inequality & strengthens the far right. Across Europe we say: Fund public services. Tax wealth. No to austerity 2.0. ❌

Christina McAnea joining UNISON Northern Ireland for their regional committee today. Thank you for a warm welcome! 💜 @unisonni.bsky.social‬

Long-running pay dispute resolved www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/news/2025/lo... UNISON and Brighton & Hove council have successfully negotiated a resolution to a long-running dispute over pay for social workers in Adult Social Care services.

Christina McAnea celebrated the union’s successful and ongoing equalities campaigns with UNISON members and MP Deirdre Costigan at an event in Westminster earlier this week. @christinamcanea.bsky.social @deirdrecostiganmp.bsky.social

🚨 Attention council and school workers 🚨  Have your say now on the pay offer of 3.2%.  💻 Check your emails and vote ❌ Vote reject ❓ Find out more www.unison.org.uk/our-campaign...

Reform UK’s pension plan deserves early retirement, says UNISON ‘Another Reform UK policy scribbled on the back of a beer mat’ www.unison.org.uk/news/2025/06...

NEXT THURSDAY: Fitness to practise explained 📌 Register now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/cd44c0... If you’re a nurse, midwife, nursing associate or student – this session is for YOU. ✅ Practical guidance ✅ Expert panel incl. NMC, UNISON, RCM, RCN, Unite ✅ CPD credit

🚨 THIS SATURDAY 7 JUNE - Join us on the National Demonstration 💰 Tax hidden wealth 👥 Fund public services 💷 Fair pay 🏥 Investment in communities and the NHS 🗓️ Saturday 7 June  📍 London. Portland place W1B for march to Whitehall @peoplesassembly.bsky.social

Transport investment will be a welcome boost for workers www.unison.org.uk/news/2025/06...

Great to be with some of UNISON Eastern’s best young activists, our General Secretary, equalities activists from across the union and former colleagues who are now MPs to celebrate UNISON’s successful campaigns for equality in the workplace and beyond.

Winter fuel payment decision is a timely boost www.unison.org.uk/news/2025/06...

Union member and long-time school inspector Andy Hewston was sacked by Ofsted for gross misconduct. Over six years, UNISON helped him fight back – and win. magazine.unison.org.uk/2025/06/04/u...