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Unison union stewards in Newham, east London, are building for a strike set for Thursday of this week. They won a debate with regional officials over holding a second strike in protest at the victimisation of Michael Gavan, our branch chair.

Single Status strike ballot Some 1,500 workers in the Unison union at Argyll and Bute council are to hold a strike ballot over single status.

Workers at Newham council reacted with fury last week when Unison union branch chair Michael Gavan was sacked for his trade union activity.

Some 150 Unison union members and supporters demonstrated outside East Ham Town Hall in Newham, east London.

Michael Gavan’s Unison union branch in Newham, east London, is continuing to fight against his victimisation and suspension from work.

A march and rally in support of Freemantle care workers in Barnet, north west London has been organised by the local Unison union branch.

Hundreds of strikers rallied at Newham council buildings and depots in east London on Wednesday of last week. They were part of a strike in support of Unison union branch chair Michael Gavan, who has been suspended from work.

The indefinite strike by Glasgow council’s 270 day-centre workers, members of the Unison union, is now entering its fourth week. The council is still refusing to even negotiate with its workers.

Leading Unison union activist and psychiatric nurse Karen Reissmann has been sacked by Manchester mental health trust for the "crime" of bringing her employers into disrepute.

Well known Unison union activist Yunus Bakhsh has been suspended from work for his trade union activities for over a year, and the campaign for his reinstatement has gained widespread support – producing some of the biggest fringe meetings at Unison conferences.

Manchester Health workers are refusing to allow their bosses to victimise leading Unison union activist Karen Reissmann, and are pledging to continue their strike action until she is returned to her normal duties.

Twenty activists from the NUT teachers’ union in the west of England met on Thursday of last week to discuss solidarity action in the possible upcoming pay dispute in the Unison union.