Christina replaces Dave Prentis after two decades
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Christina McAnea elected UNISON general secretary
Christina McAnea has today been elected as general secretary of UNISON, the UK’s largest union. Voting in the ballot was as follows: Paul Holmes 45,220 (33.76%) Christina McAnea …Read more…
Thank NHS staff with proper pay rise, say health unions
Celebrities back call for wage increase
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Education unions need answers from education secretary
Safety concerns for staff about increased pupil numbers
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‘I can’t afford to retire’ – why carers need a living wage
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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Carers need practical support more than applause
Applause and appreciation do not replace pay and practical support for our public service workers
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UNISON urges employers to review staff safety due to new COVID variant
Union writes to Health and Safety Executive urging updated guidelines to protect workers in light of new variant of coronavirus
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BTec exams must be cancelled now urges UNISON
Staff running these exams, many of them already at heightened risk, will be exposed to unnecessary additional danger
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Blog: Together we will get through this
The whole country is grateful for what you are doing despite severe restrictions across the UK.
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Library staff ‘scared and stressed’ about working through lockdown
UNISON calls for libraries to stay completely closed, to protect library workers and their families
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Close nurseries to all except vulnerable and key-worker children
Vaccine priority must be extended to nursery and school staff
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Affordable housing and the impact on recruitment and retention of key workers
UNISON has commissioned research into the housing issues facing workers across public services in the UK
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Restrictions tough but necessary for the sake of the NHS
Government should have acted sooner but we must all do our bit
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Ministers must delay school reopening by a fortnight, says UNISON
Goverment must act immediately for primary schools
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NHS employers must “dig deep” to avoid spiral of exhaustion for health workers
Staff must not be left to burn out
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Reopening delay is sensible to make school mass testing work, says UNISON
Primary opening should also be held back
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Oxford vaccine approval is welcome news, says UNISON
Approval will allow priority for NHS and care staff
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Any deal better than the catastrophe of no deal
Working people and public services still face huge uncertainty
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Schools committee raises issues over English testing plans
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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Blog: Our members are the key workers who will get us through this latest crisis
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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