Care workers at Seren Support Services have won the first recognition agreement signed by a for-profit care provider in Wales✊️ At the signing yesterday, Seren team leader and UNISON branch officer Ditene Favour Emono said: “It's crucial for care workers to feel listened to... 1/

Denise Owen, UNISON Ceredigion branch secretary, wants more activists to have their say on where UNISON Cymru goes next. Join activists in Cardiff on 25-26 September to debate priorities, learn new skills and take ideas back to your branch and workplace. ✊ Find out more: unsn.uk/cymrupolicy

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Want to help shape UNISON Cymru’s priorities and strengthen your workplace? Join activists from across Wales for an interactive Policy Weekend in Cardiff on 25-26 September. Share ideas, learn from each other and help turn policy into action. ✊ Find out more: unsn.uk/cymrupolicy

Employers are introducing AI in workplaces across Wales. 🤖 Tell UNISON what your employer is using, how it affects your job and whether you and your colleagues had a say. You can help UNISON push for technology that benefits workers. Share your experience: unsn.uk/AI

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Rebecca Ring, a teaching assistant and schools convenor for Ceredigion UNISON, joined us at the TUC Cymru stand on the Maes at Eisteddfod y Garreg Las. Speaking in Welsh, Rebecca explains how term-time only pay works for school support staff and why their pay arrangements differ from teachers. 💷

We were really happy to welcome artist Yasmin Warrey to UNISON Cymru today. 💜 Yasmin met the staff who helped run our all-Wales poster competition and saw her winning design on display in our exhibition on UNISON and the Welsh labour movement.

Diolch, Eisteddfod y Garreg Las. 🏴 We had a busy few days on the Maes last week, meeting UNISON members, school support staff, young people and visitors at the TUC Cymru stand. Thank you to everyone who stopped for a chat, shared their experiences and showed their support. Diolch yn fawr.

UNISON Cymru is on the Maes at Eisteddfod y Garreg Las today, meeting members, activists and visitors at the TUC Cymru stand. We’ve been talking about how workers and trade unions can help create workplaces where more people can use and learn Welsh. Dewch i ddweud helo os ydych chi yma heddiw. 👋

Pembrokeshire County Council, UNISON, GMB and Unite have signed the TUC Cymru Twf Welsh Language at Work Charter. The charter brings employers and trade unions together to support staff to use, learn and develop their Welsh at work. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Pembrokeshire signs Welsh language charter

Pembrokeshire County Council has signed the Twf Welsh Language at Work Charter, enhancing its commitment to promoting the Welsh language across its workforce and services.

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UNISON Cymru will be at Eisteddfod y Garreg Las on Friday 7 and Saturday 8 August. Visit us on the TUC Cymru stand to join discussions on: • strengthening the Welsh language in workplaces across Wales • ending term-time only pay for school support staff Come and say hello on the Maes. 👋

Dylai cyflogwyr ledled Cymru fabwysiadu siarter sydd wedi'i chynllunio i gynyddu'r defnydd o'r Gymraeg yn y gwaith a rhoi mwy o gyfleoedd i staff ddysgu a datblygu eu sgiliau iaith.

Andy Burnham is right. If Wales can remove profit from children’s care, it can do the same for adult social care. Only with a national care service will there be a chance of saving our overstretched NHS and ensuring fair pay for staff.

“Mick will stand up for Wales and be a strong grassroots voice for party democracy.” Jess Turner, UNISON Cymru regional secretary, explains Labour Link’s backing for Mick Antoniw in Labour’s NEC election. Eligible voters can vote by noon on 27 August. Pob lwc Mick! unsn.uk/4fFhGwH

UNISON Cymru Labour Link backs Mick Antoniw for Labour’s Welsh NEC seat. Mick has backed UNISON campaigns and stood with public service workers. He defends workers’ rights and devolution. Eligible members and supporters in Wales can vote by noon on 27 August. unison.org.uk/news/2026/07...

The value of council and school workers’ pay has fallen by more than 20% since 2010, while food, fuel and energy bills have kept rising. A 3.3% pay offer will not make up for years of lost pay. Vote YES for strike action and post your ballot today. ✊

Council and school workers keep vital services running. But 3.3% is not enough. A strong turnout and YES vote will put employers under pressure to improve the offer. Is your ballot paper still at home? Vote YES for strike action and post it today. Every vote strengthens your collective voice. 📮

📮 Still waiting for your ballot paper? Are you a UNISON member working for Swansea Council, Wrexham County Borough Council, Flintshire County Council, Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council or South Wales Fire and Rescue Service?

As the school term ends across Cymru and the Senedd begins its summer recess, many school support staff face another summer stretching low pay across the year. Senedd Members receive a full annual salary.

Last night's Wales this Week on ITV1 highlighted the concerns of Dŵr Cymru workers about equipment failures and the impact on the service provided to communities. Regional Organiser Jenny Griffin said: 1/

Don't miss Wales This Week on ITV1 Wales, tonight 7.30 pm. "In Deep Water" investigates whether Welsh Water is failing its customers. In the programme, Regional Organiser, Jenny Griffin, shares UNISON members' concerns about equipment failures and the workplace culture at Dŵr Cymru. 1/

UNISON Cymru’s summer policy newsletter is now online. 🌻 Catch up on a busy few months across Cymru, including National Delegate Conference, TUC Cymru Congress, the Senedd election campaign and the policy work shaping what comes next for public services and UNISON members. unsn.uk/cymrupolicy

School support staff keep classrooms running and children supported, yet term-time only pay traps too many in poverty. After a rare Senedd debate, politicians from different parties agreed this scandal has to end. Warm words are not enough. Read more: unison.org.uk/news/2026/06...

Term time only pay is morally wrong | UNISON - the public service union

Something very rare happened in the Senedd last Wednesday: agreement between politicians from different parties. They were united in the opinion that the wages of school support staff are…

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Extreme heat is a workplace health and safety issue. ☀️ With heat warnings in place for parts of Wales, employers must act to keep staff safe. That means proper risk assessments, cool drinking water, rest breaks and changes to duties or working patterns where needed.

Gwawr Eilian from UNISON Gwynedd, Môn a Prifysgol Bangor branch addressed NDC on the housing crisis in rural areas, an issue felt acutely in many parts of Wales. There was an emotional reaction in the conference hall as delegates heard her deliver her speech in Cymraeg. Da iawn Gwawr. 🏴 #uNDC26

Rees Jones from UNISON Bridgend County branch spoke in support of our Northern Irish cousins and their call for the UK government to honour its obligations under the Good Friday Agreement. #uNDC26

Dan Beard from UNISON’s University of South Wales branch and Cymru assistant convenor spoke at National Delegate Conference today on why workers need meaningful sectoral bargaining across Great Britain. #uNDC26

UNISON Cymru deputy convenor John Byrne gave a great speech moving our motion on public interest tests at National Delegate Conference today. 👏🏻 John called for robust tests to close the loopholes that let public bodies outsource services too easily. #uNDC26