Pioneering charter showing how volunteers can make a valuable contribution to the NHS in England, without undermining paid staff or affecting patient safety, is being launched today.
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Pioneering charter showing how volunteers can make a valuable contribution to the NHS in England, without undermining paid staff or affecting patient safety, is being launched today.
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It’s time to choose who speaks for you and makes decisions in our union.
Find out more at www.unison.org.uk/nec2019
Please join your fellow UNISON members and vote in the NEC election. It only takes a few minutes! Thank you.Read more…
Brexit, industrial action, campaigning, growing the union and planning for June’s national delegate conference all featured on a full agenda
The article NEC sets policy on Brexit and so much more…Read more…
Commenting on the meeting today (Wednesday) between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn
The article Any Brexit deal should be put to the country first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Unite which represents over 450 workers at regional airline Flybe is seeking to minimise job losses at Flybe and provide reassurances about the company’s overall health after a clutch of flights were…Read more…
The UK’s largest academy chain faces a potential dispute with seven education unions over job cuts, low wages and outsourcing.
The article Education unions warn academy trusts over cuts first…Read more…
Shocking new research has revealed the shame and exclusion UK children in food poverty face in school. The stories behind the statistics on child poverty were thrown into sharp relief by a new…Read more…
Visible neighbourhood policing in South Yorkshire is set to be slashed if controversial plans to cut Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) are approved, Unite has warned. South Yorkshire…Read more…
Unite has warned Theresa May that she must drop her Brexit red lines if her plan to enter talks with Labour to break the impasse over Britain’s future outside of the EU is to be successful. …Read more…
A new campaign will raise the profile of the union’s 600,000 local government members
The article UNISON celebrates the “unsung heroes” of local government first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Industrial action is on the cards by pathologists in West Hertfordshire who face losing £10,000 a year in one of the most expensive places to live outside London, Unite has warned. More than…Read more…
Hat tip picture to local photographer, Steve Lewis, and Newham History Society Facebook page. It would appear that this photo dates back to the late 1960s. I reckon that I am possibly the same age as that child.
Currently in Newham we are undertaking …Read more…
There is a broad consensus on the need for ambitious targets on tackling climate change, but there are some differences around the edges when it comes to taking practical action.
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The performance of the UK’s manufacturing sector would be below the lowest level seen during the 2008 recession if not for four key industries which are now also struggling, damning Office for…Read more…
A prison in Birmingham run by outsourcing firm G4S will be taken back under public control, amid accusations of mismanagement that’s seen violence and drug use soar alongside deteriorating prison…Read more…
Staff employed by private contractor call off strike after company agrees to pay them the NHS rate for the job
The article Liverpool Women’s Hospital staff win pay battle first appeared on the…Read more…
UNISON launches #OneWageAnyWage campaign is it celebrates 20 years of the national minimum wage
The article One wage for all ages first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Decision to return HMP Birmingham to public control proof that the for-profit prisons experiment has failedRead more…
Picture collage of recent canvass in Stratford and Newtown ward in West Ham CLP. They have a really good new local Labour Rose newsletter which we gave out.
We canvassed one high rise tower block (with waking watch fire marshals due to cladding) then …Read more…