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Ambulance workers are among the many thousands of NHS staff who are now in a fight to save the health service – and protect their livelihoods – amid an unprecedented cost of living and NHS funding crisis. The ambulance workers, which include call handlers and paramedics, are furious over the 4 per cent Agenda for […]
The post “If we don’t fight, there will be no NHS’ appeared first on Unite Live.
The death of this tiny toddler is shocking but this account by housing lawyer, Giles Peaker, should make very uncomfortable reading for all housing staff and Councillors. “Every death was avoidable” said Richard Millett KC at the closi…Read more…
Essential workers need to hear about pay as inflation outstrips funding
The article Nothing in statement to halt pay crisis across public services first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The chancellor’s Autumn Statement is a new austerity budget, hitting ordinary working people with stealth taxes and public service freezes, while protecting the profits of big corporations and the wealth of the one per cent. The chancellor is making clear choices. He is pursuing an arbitrary “fiscal hole” – not an economic law, but a […]
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16 November marks the start of Disability History Month. The month is an opportunity to focus in on the disabled people’s history and struggle for equality and human rights and to recommit ourselves to fight for the rights of disabled people across our…Read more…
The cost of living emergency is causing severe hardship for low-income families across the UK.
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Twelve years of the Tory ‘experiment’ of austerity have only seen sluggish growth and damaged public services – more of the same won’t suddenly produce better results
The article Blog: Austerity only points to failure first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Peter Hollins has written a good, short, clear book explaining how all us can learn to be more self-disciplined (and get things done). He’s not the first to have done so, but I liked his…Read more…
Government must stop talent and experience slipping away
The article Workforce plan and proper pay rise vital to secure NHS future, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Staff can’t wait until next year for a wage boost
The article Government must focus on sorting NHS pay now, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Ahead of tomorrow’s (November 17) Autumn Statement, the leader of Unite has warned that a failure by the Chancellor to fund the NHS properly will leave the UK’s proudest achievement “on its knees”. With inflation at a 41 year high, the rising costs of living measured by the RPI this week is 7 times higher […]
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Pensioners across the UK – more than 2m of whom are already living in poverty – face the chancellor’s Autumn Statement tomorrow (November 17) with dread, as the triple lock pension protection hangs in the balance. The triple lock guarantee ensures that the state pension increases each year in line with whichever is highest – […]
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The murder of the former Georgian Interior Minister Noe Ramishvili on a Paris street in 1930 would make a great thriller. It’s an incredible story and it involves a true villain, Lavrenty Beria, who publicly…Read more…
Widening gap between pay and prices is leaving services on verge of collapse
The article Chancellor must not cut public services to fix economy, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Check out this press release by the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (I am Joint Vice Chair) on the recent visit by our Chair to Brazil. Many thanks to Doug and our engagement partners, PIRC, for all their work during this important visit. Some …Read more…
Over 182,290 people signed the petition, demanding that the government ends the pay crisis by raising the minimum wage to £15 an hour
The article UNISON delivers pay petition to Downing Street first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Airport operations workers employed by United Airlines at London Heathrow have secured a new pay deal which includes an improved pay offer and a commitment from the company to abandon outsourcing plans. The workers had announced 4 days of strike action planned between 28th and 31st October after a 96% vote in favour of strikes. […]
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The UK’s leading union for hospitality workers, Unite, has Starbucks, Costa, Café Nero and Pret a Manger in its sights as it demands better jobs, pay and conditions for café workers. Despite the sector pulling in £5.6 billion in revenue this year, low pay, under staffing and inconsistent hours are rife across the sector. Unite’s […]
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Gonul Erden faces charges of ‘terrorism’ for her trade union work, when she was co-president of the public health and services union SES
The article UNISON attends trade unionist trial in Turkey first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Workers back action over pay
The article Winter warning as Environment Agency staff vote for strike, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.