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“We went on strike because the NHS will only last as long as there are folk with the faith to fight for it. NICE staff and our NHS colleagues are those folk”
The article Blog: NICE and NHS staff are for life, not just for COVID first appeared on the UNISON National site.
See some of the highlights from EA strikes across the country on Wednesday, including Christina McAnea’s visit to strikers at the Thames Barrier
The article Recap: Striking for fair pay in the Environment Agency first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Retained EU Law Bill could lead to “a shameful step backwards for disability equality at work”
The article EU Law Bill: Disability protections under threat first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Staff stage historic first strike over pay
The article Ministers must invest in Environment Agency staff or communities will be at long-term risk first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON Welfare opens its annual programme offering grants of £200 at 10am on Wednesday 25 Jan – find out if you’re eligible to apply
The article Winter fuel grant opens 25 January first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Government must move on wages
The article Staff with expert view of NHS crisis to strike over pay and staffing first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The government’s Minimum Service Levels Bill is a full-frontal attack on working people and the trade unions they organise within
The article Three things you need to know about the anti-strike bill first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON members working for the Environment Agency are striking this week after seeing their pay fall by 20% since 2010
The article Blog: Standing with our members at the Environment Agency first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Workers who protect communities from floods, water pollution, spills and waste fires will walk out on Wednesday 18 January
The article Environment Agency workers to take historical strike action first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Staff in the Environment Agency have seen their pay eroded by over 20% in the last decade and are now “working one day in every five for nothing”
The article UNISON calls on minister to unlock EA pay talks ahead of strike first appeared on the UNISON National site.
On Wednesday’s day of industrial action in the ambulance service, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton toured pickets throughout the capital
The article The streets of London – pictures from the picket lines first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Longer waits for ambulances and in A&E departments are inevitable if the NHS doesn’t get more staff.
The article Welsh government’s NHS pay move increases pressure on Westminster, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The general secretary visited picket lines across Yorkshire and the North East yesterday to show support and solidarity for UNISON’s ambulance workers on strike
The article Christina McAnea tours pickets on second NHS strike day first appeared on the UNISON National site.
A chance to look back at a day on the picket lines in the South West
The article Through sun and rain – on the picket lines in Bristol first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Christina McAnea says government’s proposed strike laws won’t make disputes disappear
The article Patients would be better served if ministers solved NHS disputes instead of picking fights, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The NHS staffing crisis is so acute only prompt action on pay.
The article Ongoing disputes make it impossible to submit evidence to NHS pay review body, say health unions first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The 14 unions including UNISON call for direct pay talks with ministers
The article Ongoing disputes make it impossible to submit evidence to NHS pay review body, say health unions first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Check back throughout the day to see what’s happening around the regions as strikes begin across the ambulance service in England
The article #PutNHSpayright – all the news with our rolling report first appeared on the UNISON National site.
‘We’re doing it out of necessity: not just for ourselves, but for the future of the NHS’
The article I’m a paramedic – here’s why I’m striking first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Without a well-paid, valued and supported workforce, the NHS cannot deliver the quality of care that patients need. Our members’ livelihoods, and the future of our NHS, are always worth fighting for
The article Ambulance workers will walk out on Wednesday – and I’ll be out on the picket with them first appeared on the UNISON National site.