If the government has no intention of resolving the NHS dispute, the prime minister must come clean
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Ambulance strikes latest
Unite members working in the ambulance service in England and Wales again took strike action today (February 6). For ambulance workers in England, this is their third day of taking strike action, with previous strike days having taken place in December and January. Members in Wales took an additional day of action in January alongside […]
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Blog: Government inaction just leads to more action
The pay crisis that our members are dealing with won’t go away if the government sticks to their current game-plan of ignoring workers and their unions
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Digging in won’t solve pay dispute, nor get the NHS back on its feet
New ambulance strike date announced for 10 February
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‘We can’t afford to let the NHS sink’
Widespread public support for the latest Unite ambulance strikes was apparent from the start – as cars and lorries relentlessly honked their horns driving past a picket line in Chorley in the early hours of Monday morning, the taxi driver who dropped off your UniteLive correspondent likewise offered his solidarity. “I hope you guys win […]
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Strikes are serious in Yorkshire
… as UNISON head of health Sara Gorton knows, but there is also always time for a laugh
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Proud to be in a union – striking in the North West
From Manchester to Merseyside, UNISON members took to the picket lines again on a third day of action in the NHS
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Ambulance workers take strike action
Thousands of Unite members, ambulance workers, took strike action across England and Wales on Monday (January 23). Unite general secretary Sharon Graham joined dozens of striking workers at a picket line in Chorley in the North West of England. Commenting from the picket line, Graham said, “The Prime Minister is missing in action. “It’s been […]
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Blog: Why won’t the chancellor resolve the NHS strike?
Jeremy Hunt knows knows what’s needed, so why isn’t he acting?
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From the frontline to the breadline – NHS strike rolling report
Follow here for news and views on the latest day of NHS industrial action
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Fresh ambulance strikes announced
Unite has announced fresh dates in an escalation of the ambulance workers dispute. Members of Unite will stage ten further strikes over the coming weeks*. Additional dates could be announced in the comings days. The announcement of fresh strike comes ahead of the latest day of industrial action with Unite’s ambulance workers set to walk […]
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‘This is ultimately about our patients’
More than 1,000 ambulance workers, Unite members, took strike action on Thursday (January 19) in their fight to save the NHS from total collapse. Unite ambulance workers in Wales overwhelmingly voted to take strike action – by a margin of 88 per cent – over a pay offer that is well below inflation during an […]
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Unite set to announce further ambulance strikes
Unite, the union representing 100,000 NHS workers, is set to announce further and broadening strike action among its ambulance members. The union’s ambulance Organising Professional Committee (OPC) will meet later on Wednesday (January 18) to set new dates which could see strike action throughout February and March as the government continues to refuse to negotiate […]
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‘The government has lost the plot’
The government’s new anti-strike bill – which is now being rushed through Parliament – had its second reading in the Commons on Monday (January 16). Unite and other unions have lambasted the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill as an anti-democratic power grab by the government which will severely curtail the right of union members to […]
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Christina McAnea tours pickets on second NHS strike day
The general secretary visited picket lines across Yorkshire and the North East yesterday to show support and solidarity for UNISON’s ambulance workers on strike
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Through sun and rain – on the picket lines in Bristol
A chance to look back at a day on the picket lines in the South West
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NHS pay review body ‘long passed its sell-by date’
Health unions won’t be submitting evidence to the NHS pay review body (NHSPRB) for the next wage round while the current industrial disputes remain unresolved, it has been announced today (January 11). Instead, the 14 unions – representing more than one million ambulance staff, nurses, porters, healthcare assistants, physiotherapists and other NHS workers in England […]
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#PutNHSpayright – all the news with our rolling report
Check back throughout the day to see what’s happening around the regions as strikes begin across the ambulance service in England
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‘Dangerous gimmick’
Only a day after failed talks between health ministers and trade unions on health, rail and teacher disputes, the government today (January 10) published a sinister bill that aims to severely curtail the democratic right to strike. Condemned by trade unions as unworkable and undemocratic, proposals in the bill would mean some trade union members […]
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I’m a paramedic – here’s why I’m striking
‘We’re doing it out of necessity: not just for ourselves, but for the future of the NHS’
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