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Headline is from the Newham Recorder and picture of Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz at our 2nd “urgent” Council Cabinet meeting of the current crisis on Friday (3rd April).
Because of legal requirements that all Cabinet meetings had to have at least 3 mem…Read more…
First Minister says unions will help with implementing social distancing guidance
The article UNISON welcomes Welsh government’s new social distancing guidelines first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
‘Everybody is worried about the virus. Carers are worried for themselves, and worried for our clients too’
The article ‘I am not going to stop working’: on the care frontline during…Read more…
Union raises strong concerns with Department for Education’s latest guidance
The article UNISON challenges government’s claim that education staff don’t need PPE first appeared on the…Read more…
On Sunday Gill and I took advantage of the lovely weather to walk from home for our hour of exercise. We went via Wanstead flats (Epping Forest) past Jubilee Pond into Bush Wood then Wanstead then home. There is loads of beautiful openspaces and parkla…Read more…
Hat tip UK Government website
“This is a non-professional translation of the French personal travel exemption relating to the COVID-19 decree.
You must download the French form below, print it and complete it and carry it on your person for each outi…Read more…
A call to arms: how your branch can help There for You help members hit by crisis and loss of money
The article There for all our members in the time of coronavirus first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
UNISON branch secretary goes back to work as an operating department practitioner to help tackle coronavirus crisis
The article Back to the scrubs first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
As a committed republican I did not expect to post on this site an address by Her Majesty The Queen. However, she is our Head of State and her broadcast this evening on the COVID-19 emergency was very good. As someone who lived and served through World…Read more…
Health trust had planned to axe training and cut the pay of its TNAs
The article UNISON wins U-turn for trainee nursing associates first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Updated rules reflect changing threat
The article New PPE guidance for NHS teams first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UPDATE ABOUT CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19): 330 CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN NEWHAM AND HIGHEST RISE OF DEATHS IN A SINGLE DAY IN THE UK. WHICH IS WHY #StayAtHome IS VITAL
FROM MAYOR ROKHSANA FIAZ
April 1 2020
Dear Newham Resident,
As we settled in …Read more…
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
The article Back…Read more…
Union welcomes move by City, University of London, to protect incomes of outsourced catering staff
The article University agrees pay for zero-hours staff first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
The union welcomes help announced so far by the government, but calls for further action during the pandemic
The article COVID-19 housing help ‘doesn’t go far enough,’ says UNISON…Read more…
On Friday evening we held a special virtual Cabinet meeting under the Council’s urgency rules in order to agree to ask the Courts to close Stratford Shopping centre between 8pm and 5am.
This was chaired by our Executive Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz.
It follo…Read more…
UPDATE ABOUT CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19): 146 PEOPLE CONFIRMED WITH CORONAVIRUS IN NEWHAM
THAT’S WHY #StayAtHome THIS WEEKEND IS VITAL
FROM MAYOR ROKHSANA FIAZ
27th March 2020
As we end the week, the need for us to continue to do all we can stop the spre…Read more…
NHS England provides assurances on access that union has been calling for
The article UNISON continues to push the government over PPE first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
The agreements negotiated mean student nurses who are more experienced will be able to help where they can, be paid and have this work count towards their learning.
The article Unions announce…Read more…
‘On Saturday, I got through 26 calls in six hours. And I think only three were non-coronavirus. Now it feels like a relief to get a non-COVID call.’
The article ‘Managers are bringing tea to us’:…Read more…