Unions and employers to hold conciliation talks in long-running HE pay dispute
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It’s time the PM ditched the pretence and came clean with the public, says UNISON
If the government has no intention of resolving the NHS dispute, the prime minister must come clean
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Recap: Second day of EA strikes
Environment Agency workers started a 12-hour strike at 7am on Wednesday, alongside their Prospect colleagues. Here’s some of the action
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NEC hears of ongoing industrial action across the union
Fair pay and fighting the Westminster government’s anti-strike bill are also discussed by UNISON’s ruling executive
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Thousands of university workers strike again over wages
Third wave of action over coming days
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Environment Agency staff begin 36 hours of action over pay, says UNISON
Staff strike again in latest phase of dispute
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Labour vows to work with HE unions ‘as partners, not adversaries’
Shadow higher education minister Matt Western promises positive, long-lasting reform under a Labour government
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Donate to support striking workers
As UNISON members continue to take strike action, the union is asking for donations to its strike fund
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Blog: Government inaction just leads to more action
The pay crisis that our members are dealing with won’t go away if the government sticks to their current game-plan of ignoring workers and their unions
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Welsh government NHS pay move ramps up the pressure on the PM, says UNISON
Both Nicola Sturgeon and Mark Drakeford have chosen to do more for their NHS staff this year.
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UK’s model for funding higher education is a ‘broken system’
Most politicians don’t understand the cost of living crisis, because ‘they have never had to face it’, UNISON’s HE conference is told
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Universities need to ‘redouble their efforts’ to support disabled staff
UNISON higher education delegates agree to build on the ‘legacy’ of the union’s Year of Disabled Workers
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Higher education conference debates ongoing pay dispute
‘The situation cannot go on unchallenged. We’re not afraid of taking action’
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Care Quality Commission staff balloted over strike action
Five unions launch vote over unacceptable, imposed pay award
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Hospital staff in Liverpool are coming home
Staff at two Liverpool hospital sites who work as cleaners, porters, caterers and in other domestic services will be transferred in-house on 1 April
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The growing importance of the EA
Marking 70 years since the worst environmental disaster in modern UK history, parliamentarians gathered to discuss the issues facing the Environment Agency
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Homes for all – housing day of action
A day of action on 11 February will call on the Westminster government to fund a rent freeze and end evictions during the cost of living crisis
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Unions join forces for Environment Agency strike next week
UNISON and Prospect walk out on 8 February
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Digging in won’t solve pay dispute, nor get the NHS back on its feet
New ambulance strike date announced for 10 February
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Insourcing win at Barnet council
Over 300 staff in a variety of services like trading standards, environmental health and other regulatory services, will now be transferred back in-house
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