Unison (trade union)

"UNISON" redirects here. For other uses, see Unison (disambiguation).

UNISON – the Public Service Union
Founded1 July 1993
Headquarters130 Euston Road,
London NW1 2AY
Location
  • United Kingdom
Members
Increase 1,376,696 (2022)[1]
Key people
PublicationU
AffiliationsTUC, STUC, ICTU, ETUC, The European Federation of Public Service Unions, ITUC, (PSI), Labour Party[4]
Websitewww.unison.org.uk

Unison (stylised as UNISON) is a British trade union. Along with Unite, Unison is one of the two largest trade unions in the United Kingdom, with over 1.2 million members who work predominantly in public services, including local government, education, health and outsourced services.

The union was formed in 1993 when three public sector trade unions, the National and Local Government Officers Association (NALGO), the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) and the Confederation of Health Service Employees (COHSE) merged.[5] UNISON's current general secretary is Christina McAnea, who replaced Dave Prentis in 2021.

  1. ^ "UNISON Form AR21 for year ended 31 December 2022" (PDF). GOV.UK. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Christina McAnea elected to lead UNISON, the UK's largest union | Press release | News". 11 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Presidential team". UNISON. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  4. ^ "TULO's member unions". Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Family tree diagram from unionancestors.co.uk" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2011.