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…
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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…
The pay uplift comes as a result of a campaign to get the low paid care workers re-banded to better reflect their role
The article Recovery assistants in Sheffield win much-needed pay uplift first…Read more…
Petrol station and airport fuel supplies are facing disruption as workers at Exxon’s Southampton oil refinery fight for a fair wage from their “filthy rich” employer, Unite said today (March 29)….Read more…
Money worries are affecting the focus of NHS staff at work
The article Above-inflation pay rise critical to resolving NHS staff crisis, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
A week ago there was a walkout of UNISON delegates and Service Group Executive from our annual Community conference, which was held in Glasgow. This has never happened before in Community.
This was an unplanned and spontaneous walk out since we h…Read more…
This Mothers Day, Wales TUC’s Ffion Dean discusses her experiences of becoming a mother, her thoughts about returning to work, and what your rights are after having a baby.Read more…
Heathrow passengers are being warned of problems over the Easter holidays as baggage maintenance engineers take strike action over a pay freeze. Unite, said more than 160 of its members employed by…Read more…
Pivotal roles should be recognised and rewarded
The article Education catch-up plans won’t work if teaching assistants and other support staff are ignored first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Nearly six in ten workers (58 per cent) report that their employers have never provided them with safe transport home after work, a new poll for Unite the union reveals today (March 28). The poll…Read more…
Trade unionists gathered in Coventry on Saturday (March 26) to stage a rally in support of Coventry’s striking refuse drivers. They are standing up against the shameful tactics of an anti-union…Read more…
When hotel worker Caitlin Lee left for home after a late Friday night shift last year, she knew it would be another struggle to find safe transport. Not only are taxis in Glasgow hard to come by so…Read more…
Trade unions representing thousands of workers in the UK steel industry have welcomed the agreement reached between the UK and US governments on the partial lifting of tariffs on British steel…Read more…
Paramedics are driving 1,000 miles to deliver 10 ambulances to Ukraine health workers and relief goods to refugees
The article London ambulance staff lead humanitarian convoy to Ukraine first appeared on the UNISON National site.
It’s a shame on the whole sector that higher education members are struggling to survive on their university pay packets.
The article Blog: ‘Warm words don’t pay the bills’ for university staff first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Solidarity sisters and brothers! I am humbled to stand with you today in Coventry. A city with a proud union history. I’m also privileged to be sharing a platform with Unite members…Read more…
Report reveals Amazon and Aldi among those offering wages that exceed NHS lowest hourly rates
The article NHS facing stiff competition for staff from high street firms, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
If you like big skies, bird song, isolation and spring blossom, then this 8 mile energetic circular walk is for you. Gill and I drove down from East London in around 51 minutes (sorry, public transport is not great for this walk) and parked in the RSPB…Read more…