Dave Prentis in public appeal on relieving virus burden
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Addaction strikers suspend pay campaign
Striking drug and alcohol rehabilitation workers in Wigan and Leigh in dispute over failed pay promises and staff shortages, halt campaign because of coronavirus
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Blog: Our response is vital, impressive and truly humbling
Whatever comes next, we have to keep going. And I know we will
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Don’t push key workers and the vulnerable to the back of the queue, says UNISON
More must be done to ensure public service workers don’t miss out on food basics
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Coronavirus: UNISON helping members financially
UNISON’s dedicated welfare charity is still operating during the current health crisis and is asking branches for financial support
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Key worker provisions welcome to ensure public services operate, says UNISON
Important to provide for those who look after us
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Coronavirus Bill must not force healthcare staff to the front line, says UNISON
Proper pay and protection needed for those who volunteer
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Student nurses willing to help NHS but need proper support, says UNISON
Paid placements are key to support but training must continue
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UNISON says thank you
UK’s biggest union publicly thanks members for tacking national emergency
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Schools move must help all parents in essential services
Government needs to work with unions to develop plan
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Blog: I’m proud of our members in a national emergency
Once again our public service workers are on the frontline fighting to keep our communities and our country safe and well – fighting, against the odds, to keep services running
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Unions want to work with ministers at this time of crisis
Government must act to ease anxiety about livelihoods
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NPS confirms it cannot pay probation staff 2020 increment on time
Unions in England and Wales demand talks with the National Probation Service after it fails to get sign-off from the Treasury
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UNISON cancels annual health conference
NHS needs put before annual gathering
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The government’s new housing proposals are ‘flawed’, says UNISON
The union calls on people to respond to the government’s consultation on it’s new scheme, which will not solve the housing crisis
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Probation unions submit two-year pay claim
Unions says that for most employees, pay and allowances have only risen by 1% in real terms since 2009
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Marching for Zane
Join a march to present a petition to Downing Street calling for an independent inquiry into seven-year-old Zane’s death
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Budget shows the government’s been listening to the NHS but not social care
Chancellor side-steps social care crisis
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Safe Staffing Forum 2020: ‘You’re mad trying to be a nurse now’
Latest figures show that in England there are currently 43,000 nurse vacancies
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Sustained funding for nursing and NHS needed in Budget, says UNISON
Government must make it easier to recruit
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