Three out of four care workers don’t earn the living wage. UNISON vice president Sian Stockham is one of them and she’s leading the national fight to raise carers’ pay
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Three out of four care workers don’t earn the living wage. UNISON vice president Sian Stockham is one of them and she’s leading the national fight to raise carers’ pay
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Applause and appreciation do not replace pay and practical support for our public service workers
The article Carers need practical support more than applause first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Union writes to Health and Safety Executive urging updated guidelines to protect workers in light of new variant of coronavirus
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Staff running these exams, many of them already at heightened risk, will be exposed to unnecessary additional danger
The article BTec exams must be cancelled now urges UNISON first appeared on the…Read more…
The whole country is grateful for what you are doing despite severe restrictions across the UK.
The article Blog: Together we will get through this first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON calls for libraries to stay completely closed, to protect library workers and their families
The article Library staff ‘scared and stressed’ about working through lockdown first…Read more…
Vaccine priority must be extended to nursery and school staff
The article Close nurseries to all except vulnerable and key-worker children first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON has commissioned research into the housing issues facing workers across public services in the UK
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Government should have acted sooner but we must all do our bit
The article Restrictions tough but necessary for the sake of the NHS first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Goverment must act immediately for primary schools
The article Ministers must delay school reopening by a fortnight, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Staff must not be left to burn out
The article NHS employers must “dig deep” to avoid spiral of exhaustion for health workers first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Primary opening should also be held back
The article Reopening delay is sensible to make school mass testing work, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Approval will allow priority for NHS and care staff
The article Oxford vaccine approval is welcome news, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Working people and public services still face huge uncertainty
The article Any deal better than the catastrophe of no deal first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON meets Department for Education and NHS test and trace officials to discuss the end-of-term announcement about mass testing in English schools in January
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This year’s Christmas holiday comes at the end of a long year when UNISON members have worked under the most extraordinary circumstances
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The union’s nationwide newspaper ads underline how much members have supported the country in the year of COVID-19
The article UNISON sends a very public festive ‘thank you’ to its 1.3m members…Read more…
Sara Gorton says exhausted staff need morale boost now
The article Cruel to make NHS staff wait months for pay rise, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
National schools committee describes UK government’s announcement, made on the last day of term, that some secondaries will be expected to start next term online, as “jaw-dropping”
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Government failing on pledge to test staff every seven days
The article Care workers looking after sick and elderly still not getting regular Covid tests, says UNISON first appeared on the…Read more…