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More than 1,000 ambulance workers, Unite members, took strike action on Thursday (January 19) in their fight to save the NHS from total collapse. Unite ambulance workers in Wales overwhelmingly voted to take strike action – by a margin of 88 per cent – over a pay offer that is well below inflation during an […]
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Want to support our NHS strikers? Below are five ways you can show your solidarity with UNISON members on picket lines next week
The article Five ways that you can support Monday’s NHS strikers first appeared on the UNISON National site.
“We went on strike because the NHS will only last as long as there are folk with the faith to fight for it. NICE staff and our NHS colleagues are those folk”
The article Blog: NICE and NHS staff are for life, not just for COVID first appeared on the UNISON National site.
This week the government rushed their unfair, anti-democratic anti-strike bill through the House of Commons. Join our campaign to stop the bill.
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The government’s draconian strike legislation has nothing to do with safety. It is designed to weaken the power of trades … MoreRead more…
Regular readers of this Blog (Sid and Doris Blogger) may have noticed a dearth of posts over the past month.Rather than promising that “normal service will be resumed as soon as possible”, I think it may be more sensible to say that this could be the “…Read more…
See some of the highlights from EA strikes across the country on Wednesday, including Christina McAnea’s visit to strikers at the Thames Barrier
The article Recap: Striking for fair pay in the Environment Agency first appeared on the UNISON National site.
On Monday it was formally announced at our Full Council meeting that I had been appointed as Chair of the Newham Council Pension Committee. The Newham Pension fund has around £1.7 billion in investments and is responsible for the pension futures …Read more…
The government is being accused today of `setting fire’ to workers’ rights’ in its forever war against UK workers which will see them become ever poorer amid a chronic cost of living crisis. Unite has hit out as the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill returns to Parliament for its report stage today (January […]
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Inflation continues to stay at record-breaking levels, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics today (January 18). Although headline inflation fell slightly for the second month in a row, from 14 per cent RPI in November to 13.4 per cent in December, food inflation continues to soar to a 40-year […]
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Unite, the union representing 100,000 NHS workers, is set to announce further and broadening strike action among its ambulance members. The union’s ambulance Organising Professional Committee (OPC) will meet later on Wednesday (January 18) to set new dates which could see strike action throughout February and March as the government continues to refuse to negotiate […]
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Retained EU Law Bill could lead to “a shameful step backwards for disability equality at work”
The article EU Law Bill: Disability protections under threat first appeared on the UNISON National site.
I had the opportunity last weekend to do something I’d rarely done during the years that I lived in Israel. I got to speak directly to leaders of the Israel Labour Party and Meretz. The…Read more…
Staff stage historic first strike over pay
The article Ministers must invest in Environment Agency staff or communities will be at long-term risk first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Denise and I are restanding for the two seats allocated to the UNISON NEC for the National Community service Group (UNISON members who work in Charities, Voluntary Sector and Housing Associations).We have emailed all 477 branches in England and t…Read more…
Britishvolt, which was planning to build a giga-battery factory in Northumberland, has today (January 17) announced that it is going into administration. Unite national officer for the automotive sector Steve Bush said, “This is a grim day for the North East and for the just transition to the electrification of the nation’s automotive sector. “The […]
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The government’s new anti-strike bill – which is now being rushed through Parliament – had its second reading in the Commons on Monday (January 16). Unite and other unions have lambasted the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill as an anti-democratic power grab by the government which will severely curtail the right of union members to […]
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UNISON Welfare opens its annual programme offering grants of £200 at 10am on Wednesday 25 Jan – find out if you’re eligible to apply
The article Winter fuel grant opens 25 January first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Government must move on wages
The article Staff with expert view of NHS crisis to strike over pay and staffing first appeared on the UNISON National site.