This Green UNISON Week, find out how much you know about the climate emergency
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Safe staffing and flexibility key factors for future of NHS
‘The NHS can only recover if members and colleagues are thriving in their jobs,’ UNISON health delegates are told
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Invest in the health workforce and public services to learn pandemic lessons
Keynote speech renews call for immediate pandemic inquiry
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Blog: After everything, a pay cut is the bitterest of blows
Our health conference is a reminder of the sacrifices our health members have made, the challenges to come – and what we can achieve together
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‘Exhausted and demoralised staff are walking away from healthcare’
UNISON’s virtual health conference opens with a campaigning programme that will build on the lessons of the pandemic
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UNISON health members deliver damning verdict on government’s 3% increase
Pay will be key topic at UNISON health conference
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Dundee University members appeal for strike hardship donations
UNISON members at Dundee University appeal for solidarity donations ahead of strike action
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Sodexo agrees to pay NHS 3% rise at South Yorkshire trust
UNISON welcomes move, which will boost staff transferred to the company in 2018
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Scrap mandatory vaccine deadline or risk decimating the care sector, says UNISON
Christina McAnea warns of ‘catastrophic’ staffing crisis unless government abandons draconian policy
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Blog: Why the Health and Care Bill is so important
There is currently an opportunity to drive out the principles of privatisation, stop the fragmentation and improve how our NHS is run
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Huge vacancy rates across care sector adding to staff mental health crisis
The government’s failure to deal with the growing staffing crisis in social care risks worsening the mounting mental health toll on workers, says UNISON today (Wednesday). Figures from a…Read more…
UN day for democracy: taking action with Myanmar
UNISON calls for the immediate end of military violence and power, the release of all political prisoners and the restoration of civilian government
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Don’t wait until it’s too late to bring back mask wearing and social distancing
Making mask wearing optional back in the summer was a mistake
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A new deal for employment would make a huge difference
Low pay, precarious contracts and minimal sick pay have no place in the modern world of work
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A new post-pandemic deal is needed for public services
Covid has had a profound effect on public service staff
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UNISON calls for proper investment for public services after COVID
With the 153rd annual TUC congress underway, UNISON vice president Andrea Egan spoke of the need for a proper investment in public services
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Blog: The great state pension rip-off
Cutting the relative value of the state pension is a false economy and likely to increase welfare support
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Government has no plan for social care, says UNISON
Christina McAnea says £5.3bn promised comes nowhere near what’s needed
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New social care levy shows government priorities are all wrong, says UNISON
Christina McAnea says government wrong to focus on funding before reform
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Blog: Still in solidarity, two decades later
As American unions come together to mark the 20th anniversary of that horrifying day, we recommit ourselves to the campaign for peace across the world
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