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Unite has slammed the latest government talks with unions held on Monday (January 9) as ‘an insult’ to members. Speaking just after talks with health secretary Steven Barclay on Monday afternoon, Unite national lead officer Onay Kasab told reporters that talks had “not [gone] well”. He added, “Unfortunately, the government have missed yet another opportunity […]
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The health secretary needs to set out what the government can do right now.
The article A commitment to boost wages would mean unions may call off the strikes, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Unite’s leader Sharon Graham has dismissed the game-playing and gimmicks from the government following the offer today (January 5) of ‘so-called’ talks on pay by business secretary Grant Shapps.
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Ministers should focus on rebuilding industrial relations, rather than picking fights
The article Proper pay talks are the solution to disputes, not penalties for staff first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Ministers are picking fights with workers to divert attention to failings
The article Government should focus on solving NHS crisis with proper pay not penalties for staff first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Ministers must tackle workforce crisis through wage boost
The article Waiting times won’t fall unless the government deals with NHS pay, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
This year throughout the festive period, UniteLive will highlight our top ten worst bosses of the year – employers so miserly and mean that they’d put Scrooge himself to shame. On our last day of featuring Scrooge bosses, we look at the government. It is arguably the most Scrooge boss of all. That’s because it’s […]
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Christina McAnea’s says public support is on the union’s side
The article General secretary thanks strikers first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph today health secretary Stephen Barclay said, “We now know that the NHS contingency plans will not cover 999 calls. ambulance unions have taken a conscious choice to inflict harm on patients”. In response, Sharon Graham, Unite general secretary said, “To say that ambulance unions have taken a conscious choice to […]
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Brave NHS staff who cared for the country in the pandemic are now taking this difficult industrial action to draw attention to the deep crisis in the NHS
The article Blog: A message to ambulance strikers on a difficult day first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Health secretary’s refusal to budge on pay is causing damage
The article Ministers putting lives at risk by refusing to negotiate first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Check back throughout the day to see what’s happening around the regions as strikes begin across the ambulance service in England and at two Liverpool hospitals
The article Rolling report: #PutNHSpayright first appeared on the UNISON National site.
On the eve of the strike of ambulance paramedics on Wednesday (December 21), Unite’s general secretary says it’s clear that the health minister Steven Barclay can’t resolve the dispute so it’s time for the prime minister to intervene. England should follow the Scottish example of negotiation, increasing the offer and ending the strike. Unite general […]
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As Unite paramedics join thousands more health staff on strike on Wednesday (December 21), no one can deny that NHS staff have long deserved a decent pay rise. Their real-terms pay, after all, has fallen off a cliff edge under successive Conservative governments over the last 12 years – since 2010, the TUC estimates that […]
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Ministers still have time to stop disruption
The article Talk to unions, boost NHS pay and strikes won’t be necessary first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham is set to join NHS ambulance workers, Unite members, on the picket line in Coventry from 8am on Wednesday (December 21) at Coventry Ambulance Headquarters, Ibstock Road, Coventry, CV6 6JR. Addressing the ambulance workers, the union leader will say, “This government is guilty of criminal negligence in its hollowing out […]
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‘Don’t waste the weekend’, says Unite chief as ambulance workers set to join striking nurses on December 21. The general secretary of Unite the union, Sharon Graham, has today (December 16) called on the Conservative government not to ‘waste the weekend’ but to convene NHS pay talks or see the strikes spread. Unite’s members across […]
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Reopening pay review body evidence is not the answer
The article Only direct talks will end NHS dispute, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Ministers would be best advised to concentrate on ending disputes
The article Government can stop strikes and strengthen NHS if it makes an effort with pay first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Around one in seven patients are still waiting over an hour to be handed over to A&E staff at hospitals, the latest figures show. According to NHS England, an additional third of patients waited longer than 30 minutes, with nearly 30,000 patients waiting a half hour or longer across all hospital trusts last week. The […]
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