Well done the East Midlands Regional Convenor Team for this. A number of other Regional Teams have sent similar advice to branches. The Greater London Regional Convenor Team (which I am one of) sent a request to the new “Presidential team” and the Lond…Read more…
UNISON campaign to protect East Midlands NHS jobs pays off
New University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group signs agreement to protect jobs in merged Northampton General Hospital and Kettering General Hospital trusts
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‘Where’s the hope?’
Labour councillor Ross Willmott, who’s standing as a Labour candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, has been a trade union member for most of his…Read more…
Toyota ‘no deal warning’
As Boris Johnson heads to Brussels for last ditch talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen over an EU trade deal, Unite regional secretary for the East Midlands, Paresh Patel…Read more…
Leicester in lockdown
Leicester is the first city in the UK to re-enter strict lockdown after a local surge in new coronavirus cases. More than 950 new cases have been recorded in a two-week period, which has prompted the…Read more…
Help celebrate the NHS’s birthday
Eastern Region is looking for members and branches to help celebrate the NHS’s 72nd birthday this July
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Northants council workers to get pay rise
Promised 4% increase in April 2020 will be first pay rise in three years for staff at crisis council
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‘Act in the national interest’ call
Senior Unite activists from the East Midlands will lobby MPs tomorrow (March 12) against a “no deal” Brexit as well as the prime minister’s Brexit deal, as parliament prepares for a number of key…Read more…
Leicester University security team wins battle against cut to hours and pay
The university drops its plan after magnificent branch campaign, including 100% backing for industrial action
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Giving children a voice
Communication practitioner wins teaching and learning support staff category at the National Association for Special Educational Needs’ annual awards
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Northamptonshire County Council plans are going too far, warns UNISON
Plans to announce yet more cuts and closures to services will leave the most vulnerable people in the county with nowhere to turn
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There for You needs you!
UNISON’s welfare charity is holding an election to find six trustees to direct its work
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Heart Centre win
East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre (EMCHC) at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester – which treats children and adults with heart problems from birth – was on the brink of closure after NHS England…Read more…
‘Rights, rights, rights’
A clarion call to engage members, employers and politicians on the need to secure an EU exit that works for working people was issued at Unite’s East Midlands Brexit conference yesterday (November…Read more…
Having the confidence to help
For teaching assistant Hasmita Dhamelia, a UNISON course to build confidence led to a new role – as a UNISON rep
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Dispute registered over plans for Nottingham College redundancies
Official dispute registered after 385 staff, including some on term-time only contracts, told they are at risk – after the end of term
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NHS employers tempted to view apprentices as ‘cheap labour’, warns UNISON
Union will seek to use Agenda for Change to protect apprentice pay and conditions
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Derby teaching assistants to take second consecutive week of strikes
General secretary Dave Prentis launches new campaign in long-running dispute over 25% cuts
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Derby public backs striking school staff
76% of people who responded to survey about the strike back UNISON members defending their pay
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Derby school support staff start week of action
Teaching assistants, school supervisors, admin staff and other support workers striking between 7am and 1pm every day this week
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