UNISON and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) are taking our campaign to Parliament on 19 October to lobby MPs. We need all our MPs to know that public sector workers are furious about having to pay for the disastrous mistakes…
This is no time for cuts – we need to invest in jobs and services that will help our economy recover from recession and build a fairer society. We can afford the services we need – if we cut out…
Another report this week blows out of the water government claims that the cuts will be ‘progressive’. Evidence from Sweden, Canada and Finland shows that cutting public spending hits the poor hardest, whilst tax cuts benefit the rich. In all…
It’s wrong, wrong, wrong! And it’s not just the trade unions who are worried about the Government’s austerity programme. Many economists, including Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel prizewinner who predicted the global crisis, predicts the Chancellor’s first Budget will take the…
It was a full house for the Branch AGM back in February where Dave Prentis, UNISON General Secretary, was the guest speaker. He spoke powerfully about the challenges the public sector would likely face from an incoming government, forced to…
In my view… “If it wasn’t already obvious beforehand, it is now abundantly clear after the emergency budget just who wears the trousers in the Con Dem coalition. Make no mistake: this was an unashamedly Tory budget, and a massive…
Commenting on the launch of David Cameron’s ‘big society’, Dave Prentis, General Secretary of UNISON, the UK’s largest public service union, said: “Cameron’s “big society” should be renamed the “big cop out.” Make no mistake this plan is all about…
Don’t stand by while politicians decide on public service cuts that could hurt your family and neighbourhood. Now’s the time to add your voice and pile on the pressure to defend your local community’s health, safety, education and environment. Many…
UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, accused the Government of declaring war on public services and public service workers with the most draconian budget in decades. He said: “This budget signals that the battle for Britain’s public services has begun with…