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Workers at convenience foods producer, Greencore, are to begin strike action over poverty-levels of pay from their employer, Unite announced today (September 1). Over 500 workers, many earning as little as £10.53 an hour, are demanding increased pay. Following the failure of Greencore to make an improved offer, workers have been left with no choice […]
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Unite’s consultative ballot on industrial action over NHS pay in England closes on September 30. Each day this week, we’ll hear from a different member from our Unite health sector who explains why it’s so important to have your say on pay. Unite senior rep Laura has a unique, bird’s eye view of the huge challenges facing […]
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The jobs of 400 workers at University Hospital Wishaw will be transferred from private contractor Serco onto NHS contracts, with no job losses
The article UNISON wins major insourcing battle in Lanarkshire first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Patients at the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel, East London, are facing the prospect of ‘food chaos’ later this month, after workers employed by troubled outsourcing giant Serco voted for…Read more…
UNISON’s One Team campaign gives NHS support staff the recognition they deserve – and Caroline Corbin is one of them
The article ‘It doesn’t matter if you sweep floors or you’re a surgeon, the…Read more…
Security staff at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading who are currently locked in a pay battle with their employer, will be striking for five days this month. The 20 low paid security guards are…Read more…
UNISON applauds ‘life-changing improvement for these vital workers’
The article Outsourced cleaners at Luton and Dunstable Hospital claim NHS pay victory first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Workers have earned the increase
The article Low-paid hospital staff to get a pay rise first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
As hospital wait times soar to record levels, four-year-old Jack, pictured in newspapers lying on a hospital floor suffering from suspected pneumonia, has revealed the agonising human cost of an NHS…Read more…
Security staff at Southampton General Hospital, who are being attacked in the A&E department, will go ahead with a second day of strike action on Good Friday (April 19). Unite said today…Read more…
Unite has slammed the decision to scrap a system for recording nurse staffing levels and replace it with one which distorts true staffing levels – a move the union believes will put patients at risk….Read more…
Unite is urging thorough across the board checks on workplaces which have cladding after it was revealed the unfinished Royal Liverpool Hospital has been encased in flammable material which does not…Read more…
Unite is calling on the government to ‘stop dithering’ as financing problems are set to further delay the completion of the Midland Metropolitan Hospital in Smethwick, which has been stalled…Read more…
Unite warned that a plan by East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust to outsource 250 direct employees and transfer 850 Serco staff into a new wholly owned subsidiary company, was a ‘wolf in…Read more…
Workers at three Lancashire hospitals have begun balloting for strike action in a dispute over plans to outsource their jobs to a wholly owned subsidiary company. Unite members, who are…Read more…
This scheme looks like another dangerous experiment
The article UNISON comments on the NHS ‘rent a room’ scheme first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Let’s work together to make this new hospital a success,” general secretary Dave Prentis said as he opened a new UNISON shop in Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
The article General…Read more…
Date: Thursday 13 August 2015
Photo opportunity: Time: 12 noonDate: Thursday 13 August Place: UNISON shop, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, 1345 Govan Road G51 4TF
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis is to visit the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital today (Thursday).
Dave and UNISON’s national head of health Christina McAnea will be given a tour of the brand new hospital byRead more…
Wed 17 Dec 2014
NHS Porters are under pressure and their workloads are going up while the value of their wages are going down. The report also concludes that their training is patchy and there are reports of lack of equipment to allow them to do their job properly.
These are the conclusions of a study UNISON has conducted among NHS porters. This report also suggests a growth in zero hourRead more…