Labour council raises pay for lowest-paid staff to £8.39 per hour
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UNISON members join People’s Assembly march in London
Student nurses take their fight to save the NHS bursary back onto the capital’s streets
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Local government executive to explore help for school support staff
Government plans to force all schools to become academies are just one issue facing support staff
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Wakefield invited to join commission on women and local government
Head of local government will ask women across the union to contribute ideas on what should be discussed
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UNISON Cymru/Wales celebrates mental health champions
New training will help further pioneering work on mental health in the workplace
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Foyle Haven in Derry handed life line as UNISON backs campaign
Service helps those with addiction problems handed rescue package that also saves 11 jobs
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Members need a strong and focused union to help them survive ‘crisis after crisis’
NEC hears update on Trade Union Bill and agrees EU referendum campaign
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NEC by-election: Cymru/Wales female seat
Nominations open on Tuesday 19 April 2016 and close at 5pm on Friday 20 May 2016
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UNISON welcomes halt to mental health trust’s pension sacrifice plan
Trust’s management withdraws plans to offer more pay to nurses if they sacrifice pension contributions
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UNISON welcomes halt to mental health trust’s pension sacrifice plan
Trust’s management withdraws plans to offer more pay to nurses if they sacrifice pension contributions
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Are you ready for NMC revalidation?
How nurses, midwives and health visitors renew their registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council has changed – check out the UNISON guidance
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‘We will work to protect housing association jobs and conditions’
UNISON tells London housing associations planning merger that success of plans relies on ‘efforts of dedicated workforce’
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Hundreds of Co Durham teaching assistants protest at pay cut plans
County council’s plans could see vital school staff lose £1,000 to £5,000 a year
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Vote for investment in public services, Scots urged
UNISON Scotland launches manifesto for 5 May Scottish Parliament poll: Public services and the good society
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The future of our police
Andy Stenning worked as a police officer for 28 years. He’s worried about its future.
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UNISON mounts campaign to save jobs at academies in Essex
140 jobs under threat at six schools in Harlow will put ‘the quality of children’s education at risk’ warns union
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More than 10,000 people call on MPs to debate LGPS plans
Sign the UNISON petition urging Parliament to debate plans giving ministers a right to tell pension funds where to invest money
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Service group executive elections
Ballots for contested seats on the union’s seven service group executives open on Monday 11 April when ballot papers start being despatched to members
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Public library service ‘hollowed out’ by job losses and cuts
UNISON backs BBC report that reveals loss of 8,000 jobs and 343 libraries in six years
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New era for school support staff in Wales
All learning support staff in Wales must now be registered with the Education Workforce Council
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