@HackneyUNISON

We represent over 3000 staff in local government, schools & education. Join the UK's biggest union, https://xitter.cf/t.co/exP4hfQPRi @hackneyunison.bsky.social too!

 Hackney, London
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Joined June 2012
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Shabana Mahmood’s failure to engage properly with the migrant workers whose lives her nasty proposals will devastate is totally unacceptable. These are brilliant, committed workers who hold our public services together. UNISON won’t tolerate them being attacked and ignored.
Arj Singh@singharjOct 21
💥exc: Major row over Shabana Mahmood’s immigration reforms Talks between Home Sec and key union break down after Mahmood blocks Unison boss from bringing migrant care worker to meeting Deepens Labour rift over indefinite leave to remain inews.co.uk/news/politics/ma…

Mahmood migration talks axed after union demands care worker joins private meeting

Unison blames Home Secretary for cancelled summit after its request to bring a care worker was declined

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Narinder Kaur
@narindertweetsSep 29
How on earth did we miss this?! Care workers shackled and protesting outside the Labour Party conference against @ShabanaMahmood proposals to extend Indefinite leave to remain. They came here legally, they work incredibly hard looking after some of the most vulnerable people in our society, they pay tax and contribute to the system. Shabana Mahmood needs to listen. And honestly, I struggle to understand how Andy Burnham squares this with saying he cares about social care and these workers, while supporting a political direction that cuts migration and makes settlement harder for the very people keeping care services going.
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UNISON - UK's largest union@unisontheunionSep 29
This is what solidarity looks like. #FairVisasNow #Lab26
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Unite For A Workers' Economy
@UniteEconomyAug 29
Yesterday the London Bangla Press Club Executive Committee endorsed the #CableSt90 events taking place on 3rd & 4th October. We have to commemorate the struggles of the past as we build for a better tomorrow. Join us! GIG & EXHIBITION at Kachette in Shoreditch, Saturday 3 October 8pm. Music from Sports Banger and King Alpha Sound System, plus exhibition of antifascist photography. Tickets £15 (£10 low wage) - don’t hang about, this will sell out: eventbrite.co.uk/e/cable-str… ANNIVERSARY MARCH on Sunday 4 October, meeting 12 noon outside Tower Hamlets Town Hall. Bring union banners, flags and all your friends.
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Palestine Solidarity Campaign
@PSCupdatesAug 11
🚨 Lawyers acting for PSC have written to Minister for Local Gov Florence Eshalomi informing her of her responsibility to ensure that council administered pension funds are not investing in companies involved in Israel’s crimes. 🧵
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Hackney Labour@HackneyLabourJul 30
We welcome the news that our Hackney North & Stoke Newington MP Diane Abbott has been re-instated as a Labour Party member following a year's suspension. @HackneyAbbott @Meg_HillierMP
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Barnet UNISON
@barnet_unisonJul 29
"Are you listening, Andy Burnham?" @andyburnham Barnet care workers risked their lives during COVID. Now they're asking for fair pay, decent conditions and respect. Watch. Share. Do you support them? Tell us below. #EnoughIsEnough #CareWorkers #StrikeBallot #BarnetUNISON @AndreaEganGS @tiddymoke @MikeShort8 @unisontheunion @unisonglr
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UNISON - UK's largest union@unisontheunionJul 29
Workers and residents from East End Homes are joined on the strike picket line by @AndreaEganGS standing together against ‘fire and rehire’ and the threat to staff pensions. @ApsanaBegumMP, union branches and the London Renters Union also in support. Stop the Pension Theft! ✊💜
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UNISON - UK's largest union@unisontheunionJul 20
Make Kerri's day. Post your ballot back📮 Council and school workers - vote YES for strike action
UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside@unisonyhJul 20
Make's Kerri's birthday wish come true, and return your ballot!
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UNISON - UK's largest union@unisontheunionJul 8
UNISON is urging education secretary @bphillipsonMP to intervene after a teaching assistant was suspended following a successful strike ballot. Staff at Ash Field Academy have taken strike action in support. Union reps should be protected, not punished: unison.org.uk/press/2026/07/…
GS: This member of staff just wants to get back to work, supporting pupils and colleagues. This dispute should never have happened. Bridget Phillipson should now do what the school and trust failed to do and insist the worker is reinstated.

ALT GS: This member of staff just wants to get back to work, supporting pupils and colleagues. This dispute should never have happened. Bridget Phillipson should now do what the school and trust failed to do and insist the worker is reinstated.

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UNISON - UK's largest union@unisontheunionJul 7
🚨 YOUR STRIKE BALLOT WILL BE POSTED OUT THIS WEEK Council and school workers: being worse off is not a pay rise. 🗳 Strike ballot opens 9 July Return your ballot and vote YES for strike action. The only way we win is if we all play our part unison.org.uk/LGpay
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UNISON - UK's largest union@unisontheunionMay 6
Message of support from UNISON general secretary @AndreaEganGS on behalf of Tom Barker, a teaching assistant and UNISON steward at Ash Field Academy.
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Vicki Morris@nottsocialistJul 6
Sign the open letter and support the campaign to #ReinstateTomBarker @Discoverytrust @guardian @tfrc_unison @thetimes @chakrabortty @bphillipsonMP @Jacqui_Smith1 @NEUnion
Jordan Rivera💙📢 #FBNHS 🌈
@JordanrivJul 6
Trade unionists are the backbone of our public services, standing up against cuts and privatisation. When you attack one of us, you attack all of us. Discovery Schools Academy Trust, stop union-busting! #ReinstateTomBarker #NoUnionBusting #UNISON
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UNISON - UK's largest union@unisontheunionJul 6
🚨 STRIKE BALLOT: Council and school workers Being worse off is not a pay rise. Your pay has fallen by over 20% in real terms since 2010. It’s not fair. And it’s time to have your say. 🗳 Strike ballot opens 9 July Vote YES for strike action unsn.uk/4y27pTy
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UNISON - UK's largest union@unisontheunionJun 8
Would you work one day a week for no pay? That's what council and school staff are being asked to accept. With real terms pay down 28%, we say 3.3% is not enough. Help improve the offer; sign the pledge today and be part of the plan to win. unsn.uk/3RVhtNR
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UNISON - UK's largest union@unisontheunionJun 5
Unions have backed the call for a workplace temperature maximum as school exam season could be set to go ahead in a heatwave. UNISON AGS Jon Richards says setting a maximum temperature for workplaces “is essential” unsn.uk/4ugQp9a

Government issues statement on heatwave 'challenges' amid school exam season

Temperatures soared to 35C last month and more hot weather is likely over the summer months

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HackneyPSC@HackneyPSCMay 28
Hackney PSC Chair, George Binette speaking outside Hackney Council’s AGM tonight.
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UNISON - UK's largest union@unisontheunionMay 28
🚨 Opposing the EHRC guidance – we need your voice MPs will decide on the guidance in the next 30 days — and we need to show them the reality We need you to tell us why it's unworkable and the real life impact it will have on you in the workplace 📩 Email us: [email protected]
UNISON says: Change the law

ALT UNISON says: Change the law

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UNISON - UK's largest union@unisontheunionMay 29
Local government unions have rejected the 2026 pay offer and are demanding meaningful pay negotiations in a letter to employers signed by all three unions - UNISON, Unite and GMB. UNISON are balloting members for strike action from 9 July.
Letter to the Employers’ Side Secretary, Naomi Cooke, 28 May: Dear Naomi The NJC Trade Union Side are writing further in response to your letter of 24March 2026, making a full and final offer of a 3.3% pay increase from 1 April. All three unions firmly reject this pay offer. Our members remain dismayed and angered at the offer, which fails to make up ground on the loss of the real value of their pay over the last 16 years, and is far below what they need and deserve. We believe that the most recent financial settlement offers scope for a better offer. Moreover, we wish to reiterate our disappointment at the National Employers’continual refusal to engage in meaningful pay negotiations. Given our unions’ rejection of the offer, we urge you to engage in meaningful negotiations on the2026/27 pay award as a matter of urgency. Yours sincerely, Kevin Brandstatter GMB  Clare Keogh UNITE  Mike Short UNISON Trade Union Side Secretaries

ALT Letter to the Employers’ Side Secretary, Naomi Cooke, 28 May: Dear Naomi The NJC Trade Union Side are writing further in response to your letter of 24March 2026, making a full and final offer of a 3.3% pay increase from 1 April. All three unions firmly reject this pay offer. Our members remain dismayed and angered at the offer, which fails to make up ground on the loss of the real value of their pay over the last 16 years, and is far below what they need and deserve. We believe that the most recent financial settlement offers scope for a better offer. Moreover, we wish to reiterate our disappointment at the National Employers’continual refusal to engage in meaningful pay negotiations. Given our unions’ rejection of the offer, we urge you to engage in meaningful negotiations on the2026/27 pay award as a matter of urgency. Yours sincerely, Kevin Brandstatter GMB  Clare Keogh UNITE  Mike Short UNISON Trade Union Side Secretaries

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UNISON - UK's largest union@unisontheunionMay 12
Nakba 78 March 🕊️ Sat 16 May | London Join the Nakba 78 March for Palestine to mark Nakba Day and stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people 🇵🇸 ✊ Join us on the trade union bloc 🪧 Bring your banners! More info: unsn.uk/48Pmzkp
Poster for the march - Sat 16 May 12pm Trade union bloc. Exhibition Rd, Corner of Prince Consort Street, London. Union logos

ALT Poster for the march - Sat 16 May 12pm Trade union bloc. Exhibition Rd, Corner of Prince Consort Street, London. Union logos

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