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The battle for the general secretary of the 1.3 million- strong Unison union is on.

The Certification Officer, who monitors trade unions, has ruled that Unison broke its own rules over political funding.

Unison union national executive member John McDermott is facing a union disciplinary hearing on 16 and 17 February in Leeds.

Dave Prentis, the Unison union general secretary, has called an election to "renew his mandate".

One of the main aims of the conference is to learn from successful workers’ struggle. Unison union members at North Devon Hospital have won a massive victory in their fight for sick pay and fair terms.

Glasgow Over 100 trade unionists and activists came to a meeting on Saturday of last week to support Glasgow City Unison’s "Defend Glasgow Services" campaign.

There was a carnival atmosphere in the town square in Barnstaple last Saturday as workers in the North Devon Healthcare Trust in the Unison union celebrated their stunning victory over their employers, Sodexo.

The hypocrisy involved in the persecution of Yunus Bakhsh, a psychiatric nurse from Tyneside who has been hounded out of his job and the Unison union, was underlined last week as it emerged Unison has breached its own rules and statute law in payments to the Labour Party.

Mick Mulcahy is a mental health education development worker in the NHS and an active member of the Unison union and the Socialist Workers Party (SWP).

Well-known Unison union activist John McDermott has been notified that a formal disciplinary hearing will be convened to hear allegations arising out of his attempt to take up the national executive seat he was elected to.

Trade unionists from Manchester and beyond last week rallied to defend Caroline Bedale, the longstanding Unison activist who is being victimised by her union’s leadership.

Alan Docherty, branch secretary of Darlington local government Unison, is the latest target of the union leadership’s attacks on left activists.