Christina McAnea’s says public support is on the union’s side
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In my Liverpool home – on the picket lines in Merseyside
Our photographer was in the city to catch a flavour of the day
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London calling – a look back at yesterday’s strike in the capital
UNISON members across the country were out in force for yesterday’s NHSstrikes. We take a photographic look back at events in the capital
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Blog: A message to ambulance strikers on a difficult day
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
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Ministers putting lives at risk by refusing to negotiate
Health secretary’s refusal to budge on pay is causing damage
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Talk to unions, boost NHS pay and strikes won’t be necessary
Ministers still have time to stop disruption
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‘Criminal negligence’
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’ call
‘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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Only direct talks will end NHS dispute, says UNISON
Reopening pay review body evidence is not the answer
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Government can stop strikes and strengthen NHS if it makes an effort with pay
Ministers would be best advised to concentrate on ending disputes
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Ambulance workers ‘in despair’
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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Ambulance workers in pre-Xmas strike
More than 1,600 workers at the West Midlands, North West and North East ambulance service trusts will strike on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, their union Unite announced on Tuesday (December 6). Unite says that the action is a `stark warning’ to the government that it must stem the crisis engulfing the NHS following ministers’ deliberate […]
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Pre-Christmas ambulance strikes deepen
More ambulance service workers in England have voted for industrial action Unite announced on Wednesday (November 30). With workers voting by up to 92 per cent to take action, strikes look set to begin ahead of Christmas. Unite will announce details in the coming days. Unite’s ambulance service members say such is the decay across […]
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Government letter indicates 2% NHS pay offer ‘likely’
A recent letter from Steve Barclay, secretary of state for health and social care, to the NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB), gives the strongest indication yet that NHS staff will be offered a two per cent pay rise for 2023. The letter, dated 16 November, states that ‘in the current economic context, it is particularly […]
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