Unison - Derby City Branch

19/06/2026

Heres day four and the final day of our coverage of this years UNISON National Delegate Conference 2026

This year’s conference has strong themes around organising in the workplace, defending public services, improving pay, protecting equality, responding to local government change, challenging racism and the far right, supporting migrant workers, and making sure new technology works for staff and communities

we hope you found our updates useful

So this is now the final day of conference and we first receive a video about the Year of Green Activity. There is then a photo opportunity for Show Racism the red card. We then hear a NEC statement on Northern Ireland read out by the president. We then return to the discussion of motions […]

18/06/2026

Heres day three of our coverage of this years UNISON National Delegate Conference 2026

This year’s conference has strong themes around organising in the workplace, defending public services, improving pay, protecting equality, responding to local government change, challenging racism and the far right, supporting migrant workers, and making sure new technology works for staff and communities

This morning we continue the moving of motions, firstly with prioritised motions Motion 73 – Palestine – Carried This motion commits UNISON to continue campaigning for justice for Palestine, including support for international law, an end to UK complicity in the conflict, recognition of Palestin...

17/06/2026

Heres day two of our coverage of this years UNISON National Delegate Conference 2026

This year’s conference has strong themes around organising in the workplace, defending public services, improving pay, protecting equality, responding to local government change, challenging racism and the far right, supporting migrant workers, and making sure new technology works for staff and communities

We continue this years conference on day 2 in Brighton, where branches from across the UK will debate the issues facing public service workers and agree the union’s campaigning priorities for the year ahead. This year’s conference has strong themes around organising in the workplace, defending p...

16/06/2026

Heres day one of our coverage of this years UNISON National Delegate Conference 2026

This year’s conference has strong themes around organising in the workplace, defending public services, improving pay, protecting equality, responding to local government change, challenging racism and the far right, supporting migrant workers, and making sure new technology works for staff and communities.

This years conference is underway in Brighton, where branches from across the UK will debate the issues facing public service workers and agree the union’s campaigning priorities for the year ahead. This year’s conference has strong themes around organising in the workplace, defending public ser...

15/06/2026

Heres our blog of this years UNSION Local Government Conference 2026, we hope you find it useful.

This years UNISON Local Government Conference comes at a crucial time for councils, services and the people who keep them running. From fair pay and proper funding to local government reorganisation, schools, SEND, equality, climate, pensions and the impact of AI, this year’s agenda reflects the real pressures members are facing every day. The message is clear: local government workers deserve to be heard, valued and protected, and our services need the investment and stability to serve our communities properly.

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This years UNISON Local Government Conference comes at a crucial time for councils, services and the people who keep them running. From fair pay and proper funding to local government reorganisation, schools, SEND, equality, climate, pensions and the impact of AI, this year’s agenda reflects the r...

05/05/2026

St Ralph Sherwin School Support Staff continue to stand together next week✊

For these already low-paid members, this is not about asking for more money - it’s about protecting education and defending staff who already go above and beyond for pupils and communities every day.

Picket and demo details below. Support and solidarity welcome 💜

23/04/2026

21/04/2026

Members across three Derby schools are taking strike action for two days this week in response to proposed cuts to jobs and pay UNISON UNISON East Midlands 💜💚

21/04/2026

Even More Members across three Derby schools are taking strike action for two days this week in response to proposed cuts to jobs and pay UNISON UNISON East Midlands 💜💚

21/04/2026

More Members across three Derby schools are taking strike action for two days this week in response to proposed cuts to jobs and pay UNISON UNISON East Midlands 💜💚