Clare Williams is UNISON Northern’s Regional Secretary.
Read Clare’s blog for views on issues that are important to members in the Northern Region and nationally.
Regional secretary’s blog
A recent report from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (Adass) has confirmed what we have been saying for quite some time, that the situation in social care is rapidly deteriorating. We need to address the critical shortage of staff working in the care sector who look after our loved ones. The report […]
Tackling climate change is one of UNISON’s key objectives. It is a core issue for our members, both in their workplaces and communities. The United Nations (UN) body for assessing climate change science (IPCC) published their latest report this week. The report is a stark warning on the reality of the scale of the challenge […]
The need to reach out and to encourage isolated workers to join UNISON and even become a UNISON rep to support their colleagues has never been more vital.
Clare Williams blogs about why it shouldn’t be about public sector vs private sector and why key workers deserve a decent pay rise.
November has been young workers month and this year the campaign was to celebrate and raise awareness of our young trade unionist activists in UNISON could not be more important.
Hundreds of health staff across the North East of England – including nurses, paramedics, cleaners, domestics and porters – are writing to the region’s 29 MPs asking them to back UNISON’s call for NHS staff to get an early pay rise in time for Christmas.
October is black history month, it’s a month where we come together to celebrate the contribution that black people have made to society and continue to do so
Black History Month is important now more than ever before, especially in the recent light of the Black Lives Matter movement
Speaking at a Labour Party virtual conference discussion later today (Sunday) on how best to recognise and value NHS workers, both during and after the pandemic, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis will say: “NHS staff have given their all for all of us. Now is the time to reward their incredible efforts and heroism, with a pay rise of […]
UNISON has been working hard to ensure that members delivering education across a range of settings are being supported to do their jobs safely.