Drug and alcohol support workers will be demonstrating outside the headquarters of employer Addaction today (Wednesday), over broken pay promises, says UNISON. Fifteen employees from Leigh and Wigan…Read more…
HCPC fee rethink shows effectiveness of campaign
Review must back more modest increase
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Council workers protest about low pay prior to pay talks
Proper funding for local authorities is needed in order to protect jobs, pay staff properly.
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Northants council workers to get pay rise
Promised 4% increase in April 2020 will be first pay rise in three years for staff at crisis council
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Government pushes ahead with transfer of Welsh probation staff on 1 December
UNISON had called for transfer to be delayed until February while negotiations on terms and conditions continue
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NHS is ‘unsafe’ in hands of Conservatives, says UNISON
Government policies like scrapping student nursing bursaries have been a disaster. The NHS is clearly unsafe in their hands
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Police staff vote for pay rise
Staff in England and Wales give 93% ‘yes’ vote for 2.5% pay rise – or 3.1% for those on the lowest rate
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NHS workers to strike at three hospitals over privatisation plans
Facilities staff at Wexham Park and Heatherwood hospitals in Berkshire, and at Frimley Park in Surrey have announced dates for strike action, in an escalation of their campaign to stay in the NHS….Read more…
Blog: This month, let’s grow bigger and stronger still
We want to keep getting bigger – ensuring that even more people get the support, organisation and representation that UNISON provides.
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Let’s smash the disability pay gap
UNISON disabled members’ conference marks Disability Pay Gap Day and calls for mandatory reporting
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Delegates warned of Trump threat to the NHS
Assistant general secretary Christina McAnea address disabled members and urges them to tell people to consider public services when they decide how to vote in December’s general election
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Delegates call for better information
Disabled members’ conference also discusses the importance of inclusivity and the work of caucuses
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Disabled staff need more workplace support and fairer pay, says UNISON
Closing disabilty gap is key priority for union
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President urges UNISON activists to take up election challenge
Josie Bird tells disabled members’ conference that the general election is ‘not a challenge we can afford to shirk’
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Blog: We have to work together, and take our fight out into the country
Of course, this election will determine our country’s future, but that can’t only be about Brexit. It has to be about the huge issues that are a matter of life and death for millions of people. As I…Read more…
Bringing joy to a psychiatric ward
UNISON mental health team from Wales talk about what earned them the Team of the Year title at this week’s Nursing Times awards
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Higher education pay ballot result
University workers vote 2-1 for strike action, but ballot does not meet the threshold for legal strike action
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A month of perennial change
But championing and defending our members are always on UNISON’s agenda
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Our members’ experience of racism in the NHS
UNISON asked members in the health service for their experience of ‘unacceptable behaviour’, including their experience of racism in the workplace.
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Don’t let the weather silence your voice: apply for a postal vote
A winter election means it’s likely to be cold and dark – and you’ll be busy preparing for Christmas – but don’t let that put you off: vote from the comfort of your own home
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