Council’s ruling Labour group pledges to introduce UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter after May’s council elections
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Council’s ruling Labour group pledges to introduce UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter after May’s council elections
The article Swansea signs up to ethical care first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON has today (Wednesday) launched an advertising campaign to show the positive impact of public sector workers, while also highlighting their struggles as a result of cuts to public spending. The…Read more…
‘UNISON has never been anti-change, but will oppose things bad for services, bad for communities and bad for staff’
The article Union vows to stand against any smokescreen for health cuts first…Read more…
Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth launches triple promise and warns: ‘The future of the NHS is at stake in this election’
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UNISON and fellow further education unions ask for ‘inflation plus’ pay rises from September
The article Pay claims submitted on behalf of English and Welsh college workers first appeared on the…Read more…
Some hospitals are charging NHS staff, including low-waged nurses and porters, ‘extortionate’ fees of nearly £100 a month to park, says UNISON today (Wednesday). The Royal Free London NHS Foundation…Read more…
Responding to Labour’s NHS election pledge, to be announced by shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth tomorrow (Wednesday) in Liverpool -at UNISON’s annual health conference – UNISON general…Read more…
Union will seek to use Agenda for Change to protect apprentice pay and conditions
The article NHS employers tempted to view apprentices as ‘cheap labour’, warns UNISON first appeared on…Read more…
UNISON’s health conference approves a renewed campaign strategy against the government’s 1% pay cap
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UNISON health delegates hear moving proof of the value of the bursary for student nurses
The article ‘The fight’s not over’ in campaign to save NHS bursaries first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
UNISON health delegates discuss the pressures on ambulance members whose stressful jobs are made even more difficult by cuts
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A general election is always a moment when we decide the future of our country, but perhaps never more so than this time with Brexit on the horizon. After all this Tory government have done, they’re…Read more…
Mayoral candidate Steven Rotheram accuses government of ‘underfunding, understaffing and over-stretching’ health service
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UNISON health conference told: ‘We must put the health service centre stage in the general election’
The article ‘Six weeks to save the NHS’, health conference told first appeared on the…Read more…
‘With the election just over six weeks away, the NHS needs those who have the will, the spirit and the dedication to fight for it, and to save it,’ Dave Prentis tells health conference
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Chronic understaffing across the NHS is putting patient lives at risk, according to UNISON’s UK-wide annual survey of nurses published today (Monday) at the start of its health conference in…Read more…
A group of homecare workers from Haringey have made headlines with their battle for the minimim wage
The article Fighting for the future of homecare first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Commenting on the PM’s decision to call an election for June, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Theresa May promised repeatedly there’d be no general election before…Read more…
As Britain prepares to leave the EU, this election will be about the future of our public services, and the austerity agenda that the Tory Party have unleashed upon those services for the past seven…Read more…
Together we are stronger. That was the key slogan of the Derby school support workers, and it is a simple lesson to learn from the success of their 10-month dispute, UNISON’s national executive…Read more…