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Call to action: Defend Steve North, oust the right wing!
Steve North, a fighting trade unionist in Salford, UNISON President and Socialist Alternative supporter, has recently been suspended...
May 162 min read


For a union on the picket lines, not the sidelines: Why I am standing for UNISON NEC
Kevin Corran, a mental health support worker, UNISON activist in Greater Manchester and a member of Socialist Alternative, is standing...
May 12 min read


Councils going bust: Labour government must pay up now!
By a local government worker and UNISON activist The situation is local government is currently dire. A record 30 local authorities have...
Mar 123 min read


Andrea Egan for General Secretary, build a fighting union!
Find out more about Andrea Egan’s campaign here By Socialist Alternative members in UNISON Members of Socialist Alternative in UNISON are...
Jan 153 min read


UNISON: Big opportunity for the left in Britain’s biggest trade union
In January, the process to elect UNISON’s National Executive Council (the union’s highest democratically elected body) begins. UNISON,...
Dec 12, 20242 min read


UNISON conferences show continuation of steps forward for the left
Union must prepare to organise and fight under a Starmer government Below are reports of the National Delegate Conference and Local...
Jun 26, 20248 min read


NDC 2024 and the struggle for a fighting, member-led union
2024 National Delegate Conference promises to be a significant staging point for UNISON activists and members alike. There will be many...
Jun 14, 20243 min read


Get the Tories Out and prepare to resist a Starmer government
On 22 May, Rishi Sunak announced that the general election will take place on 4 July. Just like the vast majority of working class and...
Jun 14, 20243 min read


No stepping back from the fight for trans liberation
National Delegate Conference this year falls in the middle of the general election campaign with the Tories increasingly desperate to...
Jun 14, 20242 min read


23 May 2024 NEC report
The General Secretary raised the local government and mayoral election results, which she described as positive for Labour, ignoring that...
May 24, 20243 min read


Intensification of internal struggles in the union
By Socialist Alternative members in UNISON The tensions between the left group, Time For Real Change (TFRC), and the General Secretary...
Apr 11, 20242 min read


14 February 2024 NEC report
The President opened the meeting covering the following issues. General Secretary report ● We must and will make the Year of the LGBT+...
Feb 23, 20249 min read
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