12 Key Workers of Christmas

We need your help to celebrate key workers this Christmas.

UNISON celebrates school support staff with annual Stars in Our Schools day

Stars in our Schools, the annual UNISON celebration day, takes place today (Friday). Just two days after the chancellor announced a public sector pay freeze, the day seeks to recognise the incredible work school support staff undertake.  Over the past few weeks UNISON South West has invited members to make nominations for Stars in our Schools.  […]

Care workers left high and dry by chancellor

Government money not enough to fix broken care system.

UNISON celebrates One Team Day

Every November UNISON celebrates One Team Day. The goal? To celebrate everything that NHS staff have been doing behind the scenes day in day out, and this year – throughout a global pandemic.  

Swindon Local Government Branch donates £2,000 to UNISON’s welfare charity

Swindon Local Government Branch has made a £2,000 donation towards Step Up September in aid of UNISON’s welfare charity, There for You.

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Every year on 20th November the lives of trans and gender-diverse people reported murdered in the last 12 months are remembered. UNISON resources for supporting trans colleagues and campaigning for trans rights in the workplace.

Our COVID response fund – helping members through the pandemic

UNISON’s There for You charity reopens COVID-19 response fund to help members who are struggling as a direct result of coronavirus.

Nominate a Star in our Schools ⭐️

UNISON is celebrating Stars in our Schools on Friday 27 November 2020 and we need your help.

Great Western Hospitals’ ruse denies NHS heroes the chance of a pay rise, UNISON says

Porters, kitchen staff and cleaners at Wiltshire’s six community hospitals face an uncertain future as Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks to outsource the services, UNISON says today (Friday).

Health workers in the South West urge local MPs to back early pay rise for exhausted staff and to protect the NHS

Thousands of health staff across the South West – including nurses, paramedics, cleaners, domestics and porters – are writing to the region’s 55 MPs asking them to back UNISON’s call for NHS staff to get an early pay rise in time for Christmas. Staff employed in hospitals, clinics and ambulance stations across the South West are urging local politicians to put their […]

Plymouth City Council sign UNISON’s pledge to support care workers in the workplace

Plymouth City Council have become the third South West council to sign up to UNISON’s ‘Stop the Spread’ pledge, a key initiative by the UK’s biggest trade union to support care workers in the fight against coronavirus. The pledge provides Plymouth’s key workers, in the frontline fight against coronavirus, with important employment protections. These include […]

Over 100 new activists trained during COVID-19 pandemic

Zooming into homes across the South West, our regional education team have trained 107 new workplace representatives so far this year.

Bristol Energy staff feel “betrayed” by Mayor over “broken promises” as redundancies loom

Staff facing job losses at Bristol Energy say that they feel “betrayed” by Mayor Marvin Rees over his Council’s handling of the energy company’s sale, says UNISON. In September of this year, a deal was announced to sell the majority of Bristol Energy’s operations to Together Energy. At the time, Bristol Council claimed this was […]

NHS workers in the South West call on government to show its appreciation for them

Health staff across the South West – including nurses, paramedics, cleaners, domestics and porters – are taking part in two days of campaigning urging the government to give an early, significant pay rise of at least £2,000 to every worker in the NHS. Staff in UNISON branches based in NHS hospitals, ambulance stations and clinics […]

Properly funded public services must be at heart of new council organisation for Somerset, says UNISON

Proposed changes to the structure of local government across Somerset must bring about improvements to services and not simply provide cover for further damaging cuts, says UNISON today (Thursday). Later today, district councillors are due to meet to approve a plan to create a new system for councils across Somerset, in a direct challenge to […]