The Tories in Westminster won’t focus on what needs to be done to tackle the cost of living crisis, but on ‘the wrong things and the wrong time’
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The Tories in Westminster won’t focus on what needs to be done to tackle the cost of living crisis, but on ‘the wrong things and the wrong time’
The article Blog: Get set for a Queen’s Speech…Read more…
After Labour’s success at the polls last week, deputy leader Angela Rayner talks exclusively to UNISON about her upbringing and what is really needed to fix the cost of living crisis
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National testing in English primary schools this year could be severely affected because of Covid absences, according to concerns raised in a UNISON survey released today (Friday). More than seven in…Read more…
First digital ballot in the sector helps to produce higher turnout
The article UNISON police staff members vote to accept pay offer first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
A leaked opinion from the US supreme court has suggested that abortion there could be severely limited. Anne McVicker, chair of national women’s committee, and Liz Wheatley, chair of the…Read more…
Christina McAnea and Professor Martin Green warn more staff could quit unless infection control fund is reinstated
The article Government must bring back Covid funding to safeguard ‘lives and…Read more…
As service users as well as providers, UNISON members know the challenges faced by councils after a decade of Conservative cuts
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On International Workers’ Memorial Day, let us all take a minute to remember how precious life is and the cost that many workers pay every year, around the globe
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Business ranges from support for migrant healthcare workers to ambulance uniforms
The article Health conference takes on a packed final morning first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Care employers are losing people in droves to warehouses, supermarkets and online retailers able to pay more for less stressful work
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Covid spread like wildfire as untested but positive patients were discharged from hospitals.
The article High Court rules that government orders to discharge untested Covid patients into care homes…Read more…
Workers with the condition are returning to work early because they’re afraid of losing their jobs
The article Staff with long Covid will feel forced out of the health service if managers don’t…Read more…
Ambulance employees work in all sorts of situations and weathers.
The article Ambulance uniforms not fit for purpose and may put staff at risk, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Flexible working and a 35-hour work week were debated in Liverpool on Tuesday afternoon
The article Pay tops the agenda at health conference first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
NHS bank rates and on-call rates also debated as UNISON health conference hears that workers are being exploited
The article Delegates back a range of motions on mileage and other rates first…Read more…
‘By cutting profit out of school meals, there’s more money for nutritious meals and to level up the pay and benefits of workers’
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UNISON encourages social workers to complete a short survey to feed back on the government’s positions, before 6 May
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Use the elections on 5 May to send a message to the Tories about partygate and the cost of living crisis
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Domestic violence, sexual harassment and racism at work and disability equality were among the issues debated in a busy session of UNISON’s 2022 health conference
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Service group executive statement says: ‘Sometimes you need to pick a side. Sometimes you need to do the right thing’
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