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UNISON is the biggest union of police staff in England, Scotland and Wales.

UNISON aims to make the police service a better place to work for police staff by

Recruiting and organising effectively in every police force
Listening to what our members want
Negotiating better pay and conditions
Promoting and pursuing diversity and equality in everything we do

UNISON has 40,000 police staff members in forces in England, Scotland, and Wales, in all forces except the Met, City of London and British Transport Police.

Every year, UNISON's trained representatives help thousands of police staff. We give you expert protection and advice in the following areas:

Redundancy
Disciplinary action
Grievances
IPCC investigations
Professional Standards Enquiries

We also offer unparalleled collective representation on terms and conditions and pay, and a whole range of great member benefits.

NEWS

Policing 2012 - Conference

Branches are invited to consider sending delegates to the Connect 'Policing 2012' Conference on 12 June in London. Connect is offering a 25% discount on the £175 delegate rate if UNISON can send at least 10 delegates.

No Local Negotiation on Winsor or Proposed Changes to Police Staff Council Terms and Conditions

This circular reminds branches of the previous instruction from the Police Staff Sector Committee (England and Wales) in relation to attempts by forces to open local negotiations on any of the Winsor recommendations, or changes to established Police Staff Council terms and conditions.

Launch of UNISON's 'Stop Police Privatisation' Campaign

UNISON's 'Stop Police Privatisation' Campaign is launched this week with the publication of campaign materials and the creation of dedicated pages on the UNISON web-site giving information and advice to branches and the public.

SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE - UNISON RESPONSE

UNISON, the union for police community support officers (PCSOs), said today that it supports South Yorkshire PoliceÍs plan to use PCSOs as local beat officers. The union said the plans do not represent a huge change, as PCSOs have effectively been 'local beat officers' for some time, looking after a particular beat in their communities

UNISON warning over police privatisation

Commenting on the news that large swathes of police services could be outsourced to the private sector, Ben Priestley, UNISON National office for police and justice, said: