Urgent action needed to stop further slide into poverty
The article Government must get a grip of the cost-of-living crisis and increase public sector pay first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
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Urgent action needed to stop further slide into poverty
The article Government must get a grip of the cost-of-living crisis and increase public sector pay first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Last night we met at Newham Council Dockside building just after 11pm for a briefing on tonight’s count. There was Council officers, volunteers, outreach workers and Councillors taking part. We were split into 5 mobile teams and given maps and di…Read more…
Abandoning infection control fund will stop people isolating
The article Infection rates will rise and care workers will abandon sector as financial lifeline ends first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Vital police staff, such as 999 call handlers, are being urged to reject a ‘pitiful and insulting’ 2.1 per cent pay offer over a 17-month period, as the country faces the biggest cost of living…Read more…
Our Health Heroes Awards celebrates the wider healthcare workforce that supports our NHS doctors and nurses on the frontline
The article Winners of Our Health Heroes Awards 2022 announced first…Read more…
(I am so proud of UNISON London Ambulance branch and activists)
London ambulance staff lead humanitarian convoy to UkraineParamedics are driving 1,000 miles to deliver 10 ambulances to Ukraine health workers and relief goods to refugeesEarly this…Read more…
Provision of tests needed to contain infection spread
The article Ending free Covid tests could threaten public services first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
The scandal at P&O ferries makes clear that the industry needs an operator of last resort.Read more…
Unite has slammed the government for ending free car parking for NHS staff in England this week, as it highlighted rock-bottom morale among health workers and a cost of living crisis that has hit so…Read more…
At a press conference held today (March 30) at the gates of Regina Coeli House, the centre of an eleven week occupation by workers, Unite has announced it has received assurances from the Department…Read more…
Royal Mail could soon be hit by UK-wide strikes over plans to sack nearly 1,000 managers and bring in lower rates of pay in what Unite the union says today (March 30) is yet another case of ‘fire and…Read more…
Unite members from the aerospace sector are heading to parliament to meet with MPs to demand that UK taxpayers’ cash is spent on UK jobs, not siphoned offshore.
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New figures show huge plummet in NHS staff satisfaction
The article Staff discontent shows government must act on NHS pay, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Last week, the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO), passed a resolution strongly condemning Russian aggression in Ukraine. The resolution was not passed unanimously. The…Read more…
Unite leader Sharon Graham has called on Gibraltar’s government to step up for the Rock’s health and care workers in a solidarity message supporting a rally against poor working conditions and…Read more…
Aerospace and shipbuilding – two high skilled UK engineering industries, have long been synonymous with quality and excellence. Nations across the globe have, for many years, sought out our…Read more…
Inflation-busting pay rise needed more than ever
The article Parking charge burden could be final straw for NHS staff, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Practice should be made unlawful and workers’ rights charter introduced
The article Fire and rehire clampdown welcome but must go further first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
TAs must be paid more to deal with shortages
The article Special educational needs provision won’t improve unless teaching assistants are valued first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Workers at Gloucester’s Hurricane Road GE Aviation factory will be striking every Friday until their call for a fair wage is honoured, Unite said today (March 29). Multinational GE Aviation has been…Read more…