During last night’s Channel 4 News debate, @rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social quoted directly from UNISON Cymru’s report on Dan Thomas’ record in Barnet.

When privatisation and outsourcing are sold as practical solutions, workers and communities pay the price. 📉

Read the full report: unsn.uk/barnet

The people’s mandate: A vision for Cymru, together. WALES is entering a defining period in its democratic history. As the 2026 Senedd elections approach, the focus is shifting away from traditional silos and toward a more collective, integrated vision ...

The people’s mandate: A vision for Cymru, together - A growing coalition, Cymru Together, is challenging traditional politics – calling for practical plans that connect climate action with economic justice, writes BETHAN SAYED
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✊✉️ Take action and show your support:

Email your MP now ⬇️
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👩‍⚕️🌍 Care would not function without migrant workers.

Whether you are a migrant worker, a care worker, or neither, the national day of action is for everyone. Solidarity means standing together for fair visas and decent treatment for all.

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Fair Visas Now. UNISON.

✊❤️ National Day of Action for the Fair Visa Campaign

Migrant care workers face exploitation and threats of deportation to keep them silent.

This Friday 24 April, we stand with overseas colleagues who keep care running. 🧵⬇️

Together let’s stop Nazis on 16 May The Palestine solidarity and anti-fascist movements are urging “everyone to London” on Saturday 16 May.

Together let’s stop Nazis on 16 May
⭐️Palestine and anti-racist organisations have called a joint demonstration to commemorate the Nakba and oppose the far right
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Good luck Rachel! Always an honour to hear about Rodney Bickerstaffe 💜✊ rodneybickerstaffe.org.uk

Miners are back on strike: 'I lost everything last time' The National Coal Mining Museum, which has a display about the Miners’ Strike of 1984, is in dispute with ex-miners who work as guides.

Powerful piece by photojournalist Marc Davenant

Veterans of the 1984 miners’ strike find themselves back on the picket line. @bigissue.com changemaker Marc Davenant visited them for his new exhibition on protest, ‘Rebellion!’
www.bigissue.com/news/activis... @unisonyh.bsky.social

🚨 NEW: Joint Statement from National TULO on the right to strike.

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Reform wants council tax referendums, making it harder for councils to raise money when costs rise.

That means more pressure on council workers and less room to protect local services.

Thousands facing the axe while private firms cash in on NHS crisis - Socialist Worker Thousands of health workers are facing the sack as bosses at debt-ridden NHS trusts try to balance the books at their expense. That’s according to research by Unison, the giant health service union. U...

Thousands facing the axe while private firms cash in on NHS crisis
⭐New Unison report says more than 20,000 NHS posts are going to be axed in an effort to close a £1.1bn budget deficit
socialistworker.co.uk/news/thousan...

It’s time for Labour to get serious about rebuilding our NHS.

That means massive new public investment in healthcare instead of more money for war, and a decisive end to privatisation and outsourcing.

My speech to our health conference today 👇

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Reform presents itself as an alternative.

But in Wales its leadership and some of its recruits come from the Conservatives.

New badge, same politics of cuts and deregulation. 🔄

Read more: unsn.uk/senedd26

'Every billion spent on foreign wars is a billion not spent on our NHS' - UNISON National ‘Staff are our health service. To invest in you is to invest in the NHS’

'Every billion spent on foreign wars is a billion not spent on our NHS'

UNISON general secretary Andrea Egan delivers speech to health conference calling for public funding and better pay for NHS workers. #uhealth26

Mahmood’s migration changes will deliver fraction of claimed savings, data suggests Exclusive: Analysis of government figures indicates public finances will gain £600m not £10bn if migrants’ access to benefits is reduced

Andrea Egan, UNISON general secretary: "These changes to migration rules are cruel and unnecessary. And these figures show the economic argument is a long way from stacking up.

"Migrant workers make a huge contribution to the UK and public services would collapse without them.
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For workers, flexibility too often means hours that change, pay you cannot rely on and no control over your week.

Reform wants to strip back the protections that give workers more security.

Working people need secure hours and a floor under their rights. 📋

Read more: unsn.uk/senedd26

🗳️ UNISON Service Group Executive elections are open

📧 Check your emails or post for your vote
🗳️ Vote online or by post - closes 13 May
❌ No ballot paper? Call 08000 857 857

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Show solidarity with Palestine movement organisers Ben Jamal and Chris Nineham Palestine Solidarity Campaign director Ben Jamal and Stop The War vice chair Chris Nineham found guilty of public order charges

Show solidarity with Palestine movement organisers Ben Jamal and Chris Nineham
✊The British state dealt a blow to all our democratic rights this week.
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When ‘lying is standard behaviour’ AN ESSAY in Phillip Knightley’s 1975 book, The First Casualty: The War Correspondent as Hero, Propagandist and Myth-Maker, by historian Garry Wills said: “A liberal democracy submits to propaganda mor...

When ‘lying is standard behaviour’ - The question for the media, in the US and across the globe, says ROGER McKENZIE, is will they do their job fearlessly and call Donald Trump out?
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Labour’s Janus-faced warmongers – from Harold Wilson to Keir Starmer KEIR STARMER has won plaudits even from some of his many detractors for not backing 100 per cent Trump and Netanyahu’s illegal war against Iran.Of course the position has limits. US B-52 bombers are t...

The PM is drawing cautious distance from Donald Trump over Iran – but history suggests Britain’s support may run deeper than it appears, just as it did during the Vietnam war, says KEITH FLETT
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National living wage and national minimum wage from 1st April. 21 and over, was £12.21 per hour, now £12.71 per hour. 18-20 was £10 per hour, now £10.85 per hour. 16-17 and apprentices was £7.55 per hour, now £8.00 per hour.

UK national minimum wage and national living wage increases from today (1 April).

💷 Check your pay. If you're not sure, speak to your union rep.

Repression is not defeated by ballots - Freedom News Nearly all the tools for a police state are now in place, just waiting for the far right to take over ~ Rob Ray ~ Many people have heard of the “…

Repression is not defeated by ballots
Analysis, Mar 30th
Nearly all the tools for a police state are now in place, just waiting for the far right to take over
~ Rob Ray ~
freedomnews.org.uk/2026/03/30/r...

I met with the Prime Minister today and conveyed UNISON members’ priorities to him.

We are clear about what we expect from Government: restoring the pay of public service workers, no more delays to the national care service, and an end to attacks on migrant workers.

Restore Labour Democracy Online Rally with Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary Monday 16 March 6.30pm

Crushing party democracy has been a disaster for Labour.

Silencing members and trade unionists, who are far more in tune with the public than Peter Mandelson’s fan club, has led to mistake after mistake.

Join me at the rally on Monday: www.eventbrite.com/e/restore-la...

It was an honour to march with UNISON members alongside half a million people in London yesterday.

Our message was clear: we will defeat the far-right by uniting against their hatred, not pandering to it.

Together: Monster march takes back streets from far right With 500,000 on the streets, Together was a diverse array of organisations united under a single banner to reject far right hate.

Together: Monster march takes back streets from far right
⭐️With 500,000 on the streets, Together was a diverse array of organisations united under a single banner to reject far right hate
✒️By Socialist Worker journalists
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UNISON Cymru members joined UNISON members from across the UK to march in London, standing together against the rise of the far right. Tens of thousands of trade unionists, community groups and campaigners came together to show solidarity and stand up for equality, dignity and respect for all. ✊

🚨Thursday 5 March - get ready with us!

On 28 March thousands will march in London for love, unity and hope 💜

This Thursday, encourage others to march too:
📱Let others know
📸 Share a photo or video
🚌 Sign up. Book your transport
www.togetheralliance.org.uk @togetheralliance.bsky.social

Image of money: Spring statement: Now's the time to invest in public services and go for growth, says UNISON

“Strong, properly funded public services aren’t a luxury. They’re the engine of growth," says UNISON general secretary Andrea Egan, commenting on today's spring statement.

UNISON response: unsn.uk/4raqmyZ