Sara Gorton says exhausted staff need morale boost now
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‘We really don’t know how we survived’
Like many freelancer workers during the first national lockdown in March, professional photographer Slater King’s work suddenly dried up. No phone calls, no shoots, just an unending expanse of time…Read more…
‘Why is it that we pick the pockets of the least well paid?’
Unite has lambasted reports that the government is mulling over a public sector pay freeze in chancellor Rishi Sunak’s upcoming spending review on Wednesday (November 25). Listen to Unite…Read more…
‘Kick in the teeth’
Unite has slammed the government for considering a public sector pay freeze for 5.5m workers, after reports today (November 20) suggested that public sector workers excluding frontline NHS staff may…Read more…
Think tank report touting public sector pay freeze ‘an insult’
Public sector employees, many of whom are essential Covid-19 workers, should not be subject to a continuing pay freeze from a government that has not learnt the lessons of austerity, Unite said today…Read more…
NHS pay rise before Christmas call
As the UK enters a deadly second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, NHS staff are again working flat out – as they have since March – to treat and care for their patients. And while prime minister…Read more…
Government must grant NHS staff a wage rise by Christmas, say health unions
Increase needed to show ministers value staff
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‘Never-ending gravy train’
An NHS trust boss has cashed in on nearly a quarter of a million pounds of taxpayer money after her departure, it has been revealed. Siobhan McArdle, who served as chief executive of South Tees NHS…Read more…
Early pay rise and end to tuition fees will help nursing workforce numbers, says UNISON
Nurses must feel valued and words aren’t enough
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NHS staff say ‘#OneTeam2K’ as they call for a pay rise
Health staff across the UK are entering a second day of campaigning, urging the government to give every NHS worker an early pay rise of at least £2,000
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Early NHS pay rise call
NHS workers should receive an early pay rise of 15 per cent or £3,000, whichever is greater, Unite said today (September 11). Unite, which has 100,000 members in the health service, also demanded…Read more…
Give all NHS staff a wage rise immediately of at least £2k, says UNISON
Staff deserve immediate wage lift from government
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‘Why should we wait?’
In Part 1 of our two-part series on NHS pay justice, we heard from A&E nurse and Unite branch secretary Mark Boothroyd, as well as health visitor and Unite rep Victoria Thorpe – both at…Read more…
‘It was a horrendous situation’
More than 500 UK health workers have died in the line of duty battling the coronavirus pandemic – this is among the highest health staff death rates from the pandemic in the world. And as the…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every week here on UniteLIVE, we bring you the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. NHS workers continuing their fight for a pay rise Last week, we…Read more…
NHS pay justice call
When health secretary Matt Hancock said in May, at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, that he would do everything in his power to reward NHS staff for their sacrifices, many health workers gave…Read more…
Outsourced cleaners at Luton and Dunstable Hospital claim NHS pay victory
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…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you all the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES NHS staff – fighting for a pay rise NHS…Read more…
NHS pay ‘elephant in the room’
A deserved boost in pay for NHS staff, who have battled through the pandemic, is ‘the elephant in the room’ in the latest plan for the health service in England, Unite said today (July 30). Health…Read more…
A nurse is for life…
Last night, July 29, hundreds of London’s NHS workers started their march to Downing Street from St Thomas’ Hospital on the South Bank to protest about their pay.
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