Reacting to Donald Trump’s supposed NHS U-turn, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “Donald Trump has shown he is willing to play games with the future of the NHS and the government’s weakness…Read more…
Union issues pension warning for university and college workers
Government plans to allow employers in England to opt out of local government pension scheme are an ‘unwarranted and grievous’ attack on higher and further education staff
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Developing social video at the TUC
We’ve been doing some work at the TUC to improve our own social video output. The digital comms team got together recently to take stock of what we’ve learned and where we’ll go next, and we thought…Read more…
Elected to UNISON National Executive Council (NEC) for Community Members (who work in Housing Associations & Voluntary Sector)
I was really pleased to learn today that I was re-elected for the 5th time, with my best result yet, as a UNISON National Executive Council (NEC) Member for Community (representing 77,000 out of 1.3 million members who work for Housing Associations &am…Read more…
DHL warehouse strike off
Warehouse workers at DHL Services in West Thurrock, Essex have suspended their strike tomorrow (June 5) over the prospect of a serious deterioration in employment conditions to facilitate talks with…Read more…
PCSO cuts threat
The reduction in the number of police community support officers (PCSOs) in South Yorkshire is ‘detrimental to the overall good policing across the county’, Unite said today (June 4). South…Read more…
‘Terrifying prospect’
There are many vile and obnoxious sides to Donald Trump: his blatant dishonesty, racism, misogyny, wilful ignorance and utilisation of the politics of fear and division to name but a few. All…Read more…
A ‘very, very substantial’ deal?
As US President Donald Trump arrived at Downing Street this morning (June 4), Unite joined tens of thousands of people assembling at Trafalgar Square to protest his first official state visit. …Read more…
Blog: This kind of sustained growth sets us apart
Earlier this year, we set ourselves a target – to keep on growing our union. We’re not resting on our laurels, we owe it to every UNISON member and every potential UNISON member to keep on growing…Read more…
NHS can’t be a post-Brexit bargaining chip for trade deals, says UNISON
Move would undermine efforts to roll back health service marketisation
The article NHS can’t be a post-Brexit bargaining chip for trade deals, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
NEC 2019-2021: election results
Members will take office at the end of national delegate conference until the end of the 2021 NDC
The article NEC 2019-2021: election results first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
May is bloomin’ magic as our wins grow
From Birmingham to Bangor, from Doncaster to Sandwell, UNISON members were winning in May – and their union was growing stronger too
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The Chancellor is in denial: austerity and poverty go hand in hand
Philip Hammond needs to accept that austerity has driven millions into poverty – and that the solutions to fix the economy are right under his nose.Read more…
System of second class NHS workers must end
Private companies employing tens of thousands of staff in the NHS across England are coming under pressure to give their employees a wage rise as UNISON’s campaign for fair pay in the health service…Read more…
Going Dutch – Collective Defined Contribution Pensions – Improving UNISON members pensions
Motion to National Delegate Conference June 2019 by UNISON Housing Associations branch.
Collective Defined Contribution Pension Scheme – Improving UNISON members pensions
“Conference congratulates the Communication Workers Union and Royal Mail o…Read more…
Blog: Taking on Trump and his hateful ideology
If this government had any backbone at all, they’d be standing up to Trump and his hateful ideology, not rolling out the red carpet for him.
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Action call on nurse shortages
A government plan derided as a “quick fix” by Unite to recruit 5,000 overseas nurses a year to help stem chronic NHS staff shortages has been shelved, according to a report. The move increases…Read more…
‘Stop exploiting staff goodwill’
Staff in the community and voluntary sector are struggling with workplace stress, job insecurity and toxic work environments, a new Unite survey reveals, with Northern Ireland workers in particular…Read more…
Workers back pay transparency
A majority of workers support radical pay transparency to tackle growing inequality, a new survey reveals. The YouGov poll of 2,000 full-time staff found that 56 per cent backed making…Read more…
People Plan encouraging but significant funding is needed for real change
Commenting on the release today (Monday) of the Interim NHS People Plan, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “Working for the NHS can be challenging so it’s good to see those at the top are…Read more…