Newspaper ad says ‘Thank you’ to all the UNISON members leaving their loved ones to care for ours
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Work on protecting members continues across all UNISON service groups
UNISON service groups all pushing to protect members in the coronavirus crisis
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Frontline staff need real protection
UNISON says ‘desperate measures’ in leaked plans could lead to preventable deaths
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Streamlined interim electronic CASE form
Streamlined form introduced to deal with current coronavirus and COVID-19 situation
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Government must up its game on PPE to protect health and care workers’ lives, demands UNISON
Continuing supplies are vital to preserve health of staff and those they look after
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‘I’m so proud’. Dave Prentis on the first weeks of the COVID-19 crisis
‘We know it’s not business as usual. We’re doing the best that we can, because our members deserve our protection’
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Thousands of public service workers contact UNISON with ‘harrowing’ stories around protective kit as government asked to step up over Easter
Ministers need to get to grips with supply problems
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UNISON secures PPE win for Scotland’s care workers
Joint unions warned that previous advice from Scotland’s chief nursing officer increased risks for home and social carers
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UNISON welcomes Welsh government’s new social distancing guidelines
First Minister says unions will help with implementing social distancing guidance
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‘I am not going to stop working’: on the care frontline during COVID-19
‘Everybody is worried about the virus. Carers are worried for themselves, and worried for our clients too’
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UNISON challenges government’s claim that education staff don’t need PPE
Union raises strong concerns with Department for Education’s latest guidance
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Carol Sewell, UNISON activist, joins Labour NEC
Former UNISON vice president elected to Labour’s NEC on Saturday
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There for all our members in the time of coronavirus
A call to arms: how your branch can help There for You help members hit by crisis and loss of money
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UNISON welcomes new Labour leader and deputy
Party must now come together under new leadership team
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UNISON wins U-turn for trainee nursing associates
Health trust had planned to axe training and cut the pay of its TNAs
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New PPE guidance for NHS teams
Updated rules reflect changing threat
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Back to the frontline
UNISON’s national nursing officer Stuart Tuckwood has returned to the NHS for the fight against COVID-19. First, he explained what the union is doing to support its health members
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Lack of protective equipment for health and social care staff is “a crisis within a crisis”
Joint union statement calls on ministers to protect those on the health frontline
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University agrees pay for zero-hours staff
Union welcomes move by City, University of London, to protect incomes of outsourced catering staff
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COVID-19 housing help ‘doesn’t go far enough,’ says UNISON
The union welcomes help announced so far by the government, but calls for further action during the pandemic
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