‘I was a bit nervous about coming out on strike, but we’ve all stood together and supported each other,’ says Carol, a domestic at Wrightington, Wigan and Leight NHS Trust
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I love working for the NHS – so I’m striking against being outsourced
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh hospital staff strike for 48 hours over plans to outsource their jobs to wholly owned private company
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Wigan hospital staff vote for strike over outsourcing plans
NHS trust’s plans to move jobs and workers to its own private company sees 89% vote for strike – in a 79% turn-out
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The NHS continues to be ‘alarmingly under-funded’, says health conference
UNISON will continue to campaign for the funding needed to deliver ‘a comprehensive, safe and high quality service’
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UNISON vows to step up fight on wholly owned subsidiaries
Delegates at UNISON health conference voice their anger over trusts’ moves to transfer staff and create two-tier workforces
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Health conference vows to fight the disease of racism in the NHS
Brexit is fuelling the discrimination against migrant workers, delegates are told
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Health conference agrees to back pay proposal
This is just the beginning of better pay for NHS staff, conference delegates hear as they vote in favour of ‘biggest pay rise in 15 years’ and Agenda for Change reform
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‘The greatest fight in the long and illustrious history of our NHS’
Campaigning is the key to building on the legacy of the NHS’s first 70 years, says Dave Prentis
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NHS pay consultation launched at health conference
Members urged to discover what the offer means for them – and to vote by 5 June
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UNISON puts major proposal for NHS pay to its members
‘The agreement would mean an end at last to the government’s self-defeating and unfair 1% pay cap,’ says union.
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Packing a punch, in the shortest month
It’s only got 28 days but UNISON made every one of February’s count – here’s our regular round up of just a few of the things the union achieved over the last month
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Patient transport members vote on industrial action over two-tier workforce
Members recruited when Greater Manchester PTS was privately run are paid less with inferior terms and conditions
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Harrogate NHS members reject plans to transfer them to private company
Consultative ballot sees 97% say ‘No’ to plans by North Yorkshire trust to move their jobs to a wholly owned subsidiary
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Wigan hospital workers vote for strike ballot
Wigan NHS members reject plans to transfer them to wholly-owned subsidiary company
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The NHS crisis in five charts
Unless you’ve been truly hibernating so far this year, you will have heard that thousands of NHS operations have been cancelled. But what is the NHS winter crisis?
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Flu jab is important but not the real threat to the NHS, says UNISON
Shortage of staff and lack of funding is the real threat to the NHS
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The letters from NHS doctors and NHS Providers should be a wake-up call for the government
The NHS is under unsustainable pressure and the government needs to take action
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Living on a knife-edge – survey reveals what a pay rise would mean to NHS employees
Being able to feed their families, afford dental treatment, repair their cars or pay off debts are some of the things that health workers could afford if the government gave them a decent pay rise,…Read more…
Devon and Exeter hospital porters plan new action
New November strike announced if hospital doesn’t withdraw threat to impose 12-hour shifts
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Vote now for your health hero
Help celebrate the unsung heroes of the NHS – voting closes on 6 November
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