The tide is turning – and UNISON will rise!

“We have good reason to be optimistic. It feels a bit like the tide is turning. “The government should be in no doubt: UNISON is strong. UNISON is resolute – and UNISON is up for the fight. “Together we rise, conference!” That was the message at the heart of today’s address to UNISON’s national delegate conference by general secretary Christina McAnea. And conference did rise, with cheers, applause and a standing ovation as she concluded. Threaded throughout, it was a speech in which she gave voice to the anger and frustration of members, struggling with the “worst cost-of-living crisis in over 70 years,” made by an uncaring government in Westminster. “And the poorer you are, the higher the price you pay,” she said. “Struggling families forced to choose between heating and eating. Food banks stretched to breaking point. Mental health services on their knees. One in four people missing meals.” And Ms McAnea was scathing of the Tory government’s attitude, saying it should hang its head in shame. “But instead, ministers are going round telling those hardest hit by the crisis to work more hours or take on an extra job. “Worried about not having enough money to feed your family? Spend more time making meals from scratch – in between the extra hours – and the extra job you take on, of course.” She told delegates how her own mother, a low-paid school cleaner and dinner lady, “made soup every single day to make meals go further – but being a...
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