The five-month old pay dispute involving bus drivers in Weymouth and Bridport in Dorset has been settled. The deal was thrashed out in talks between senior management from First Group, the…Read more…
Nottinghamshire County Council signs up to Ethical Care Charter
Council becomes the latest to commit itself to UNISON’s standards for homecare, carers and those needing care
The article Nottinghamshire County Council signs up to Ethical Care Charter first…Read more…
Broken promises
Workers at AWE plc – the Atomic Weapons Establishment – will be staging a second 24-hour strike on Tuesday (December 6) in the dispute over the threat to close the defined benefit pension…Read more…
BA staff shortage threat
‘Bargain bucket’ pay rates for Mixed Fleet cabin crew at British Airways could lead to recruitment and retention problems for the UK’s national carrier warned Unite. The warning follows an…Read more…
More wage pain
British workers are facing the worst long term decline of their pay for 70 years, a respected think tank has said. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) warned that Brexit will stagnate wage…Read more…
An important step in the fight to protect Durham Teaching Assistants from savage pay cuts
There’s still plenty of work to do in the weeks ahead to make sure Teaching Assistants don’t lose out – but we’re pleased that Durham Council have heard the voices of TAs and parents alike. That is a…Read more…
Teaching assistants’ strike action suspended
UNISON has today (Wednesday) called off the teaching assistants’ strike action that was due to affect schools across County Durham this week and next, so talks aimed at solving the dispute can take…Read more…
Xmas deliveries threat
Staff at UPS Parcels in central London will strike for two days next week, which will disrupt the firm’s deliveries in the run-up to Christmas, over alleged bullying, harassment and racism. …Read more…
‘Scrooge’ council
Barnsley council is frontrunner for the UK’s most Scrooge-like local authority, after it denied health visitors and community nurses an extra day’s holiday given to the rest of the workforce for…Read more…
UK’s health heroes revealed
An ambulance worker from Berwick and a day centre receptionist from Belfast are the first ever winners of the Our Health Heroes awards, set up to celebrate the work of the thousands of support staff…Read more…
Derby teaching assistants give a resounding “no” to city council offer, says UNISON
Derby teaching assistants have voted by nine to one to reject the latest offer from the council to settle the long-running dispute over their new contracts. School support staff across the city have…Read more…
Celebrating Our Health Heroes
As Britain’s biggest union for health workers – with half a million members in the NHS and other healthcare organisations – we’ll take any opportunity to praise the remarkable people who consistently…Read more…
‘Exceptional’ deal
Workers at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) have overwhelmingly backed an ‘exceptional pay deal for an exceptional workforce’ in a consultative ballot, Unite announced today (November 29). Over three…Read more…
‘Unacceptable’ cuts
A campaign to safeguard the pay and terms and conditions of Newham council’s workforce and, ultimately, the council services for the more than 300,000 residents in the east London borough is being…Read more…
Post office strike
Overseas Christmas mail and parcels are set to be disrupted on Saturday (December 3) – the peak day for such international post – when about 720 managers stage a third 24-hour strike in their…Read more…
Work in the NHS and have something to say on STPs?
Radio 4 is looking for health workers to phone in and talk about “sustainability and transformation plans” for the NHS in England
The article Work in the NHS and have something to say on STPs? first…Read more…
‘Unity not division’
Last week the right-wing terrorist who murdered Labour MP Jo Cox was given a whole life sentence. White supremacist Thomas Mair stabbed and shot Cox in Birstall, a town in West Yorkshire that…Read more…
Health service group by-election
By-election for Eastern general seat on health care service group executive will open on 6 December 2016 and close on 20 January 2017
The article Health service group by-election first appeared on…Read more…
Tata sell-off audit call
Job security and the future of the pension scheme are key priorities for Unite following today’s (November 28) announcement that Tata Steel UK is to sell its speciality steel business to Liberty…Read more…
Family nurses fight back
Unite will hold a demonstration on Wednesday (November 30) against council cuts to the family nurse partnership (FNP) in Manchester which will affect over 150 families. Family nurses, members…Read more…