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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...

SA in UNISON
May 16


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...

SA in UNISON
May 1


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...

SA in UNISON
Mar 12


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...

SA in UNISON
Jan 15


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,...

SA in UNISON
Dec 12, 2024


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...

SA in UNISON
Jun 26, 2024


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...

SA in UNISON
Jun 14, 2024


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...

SA in UNISON
Jun 14, 2024


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...

SA in UNISON
Jun 14, 2024


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...

SA in UNISON
May 25, 2024


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...

SA in UNISON
Apr 12, 2024


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+...

SA in UNISON
Feb 23, 2024


6 December 2023 NEC Report
General Secretary Report The General Secretary raised the situation in Israel-Palestine. There has been an escalation in the violence in...

SA in UNISON
Dec 15, 2023


25th October 2023 NEC report
This was the first proper meeting of the new National Executive Committee, which was elected in June 2023.

SA in UNISON
Oct 31, 2023


Building a fighting, democratic UNISON
By David Jones, member of UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC) for Local Government (writing in a personal capacity) This summer I...

SA in UNISON
Oct 9, 2023


We need a leadership on the picket lines, not the sidelines
By Kevin Corran, member of UNISON’s National Executive Council (personal capacity) As a new member of the UNISON NEC I have recently been...

SA in UNISON
Sep 19, 2023
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