It’s important that as many health members as possible vote to have their say
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Blog: Money for everything, everywhere, just not your pay rise
Today’s budget found the cash to offer tax cuts to big businesses and the highest earners – but nothing for public service pay, again
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Blog: Which version of the UK will Jeremy Hunt choose to back?
We’ll be watching closely, and we’ll be ready to take action if the chancellor fails to fix the crisis in pay packets and public services
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Blog: We will be talking to resolve this dispute for members
But ignoring NHS workers for this long was a big mistake and refusing to take their concerns seriously has been hugely damaging for all involved
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Blog: Celebrating our Black LGBT+ activists
To all our Black LGBT+ activists past and present, we thank you for your activism and for making our union what it is today
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Blog: A significant step forward for pregnant workers and new parents
UNISON has been working with Dan Jarvis MP on a bill, which just passed its third reading, to provide additional protections in the workplace
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Blog: Why we must defend the right of working people to strike
The anti-strike bill is draconian and undemocratic, and will do nothing to fix the problems this government has caused
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Blog: Why won’t the chancellor resolve the NHS strike?
Jeremy Hunt knows knows what’s needed, so why isn’t he acting?
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Blog: Standing with our members at the Environment Agency
UNISON members working for the Environment Agency are striking this week after seeing their pay fall by 20% since 2010
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Ambulance workers will walk out on Wednesday – and I’ll be out on the picket with them
Without a well-paid, valued and supported workforce, the NHS cannot deliver the quality of care that patients need. Our members’ livelihoods, and the future of our NHS, are always worth fighting for
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Blog: We’re ready to talk on pay
As the prime minister promises to create “better-paid jobs”, UNISON is still waiting for him to talk to us about pay in the NHS
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Blog: Health workers in Northern Ireland need all our support
A pay award that’s below inflation is unthinkable, but no pay award at all is unforgivable
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Blog: We need a new law to protect human rights and the environment
Companies must be held to account when they fail to prevent abuses and harms
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Blog: Austerity only points to failure
Twelve years of the Tory ‘experiment’ of austerity have only seen sluggish growth and damaged public services – more of the same won’t suddenly produce better results
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Blog: It is within their power to give NHS workers the pay they deserve
“This government let frontline workers take responsibility when times were at their toughest, but now it refuses to take responsibility for the things that are in its control”
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Blog: The government paves the way for Austerity 2.0
‘Austerity affects peoples’ lives so profoundly that its legacy can last for generations, and it is a false economy with a price that isn’t worth paying
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Blog: The EU law bill – a Halloween nightmare from Downing Street
A bonfire of employment rights might thrill right-wing ideologues, but it would be a nightmare for workers – and particularly working women
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Blog: Vote ‘yes’ for your futures and the future of our NHS
The current health secretary says nurses can like it or lump it on the below-inflation pay offer, but that’s not good enough. NHS staff – and the service itself – need much better
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Blog: Power and unity – the theme for this year’s Black History Month
COVID-19 has had a disproportionate impact on Black workers and communities and it is vital to focus on challenging racism in the workplace
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Blog: The menopause really is a workplace issue
UNISON is marking World Menopause Day by stressing that just a few changes in the working environment can make the world of difference to working women
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