… as UNISON head of health Sara Gorton knows, but there is also always time for a laugh
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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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The streets of London – pictures from the picket lines
On Wednesday’s day of industrial action in the ambulance service, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton toured pickets throughout the capital
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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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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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Five ways to support our ambulance strikers
Want to support our ambulance workers? Below are five ways you can show your solidarity with UNISON members on picket lines this Wednesday
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Blog: We’re ready to talk on pay
As the prime minister promises to create “better-paid jobs”, UNISON is still waiting for him to talk to us about pay in the NHS
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Govt ‘guilty of criminal negligence’
Just before Christmas around 1,000 Unite Welsh Ambulance Service workers announced they would be staging industrial action.
The members, including paramedics, EMTs and emergency call handling staff, voted by 88 per cent to strike. Unite will be announcing the strike dates for Wales shortly.
They will join over 1,600 ambulance workers and Unite members in England, who took strike action on December 21.
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General secretary thanks strikers
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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Rolling report: #PutNHSpayright
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
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Supporting NHS members on strike
With industrial action set for tomorrow in England, here’s how to offer solidarity
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NEC hears plans for industrial action, plus new ballots
Affected areas include the NHS, higher education and the Environment Agency
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NHS workers in Northern Ireland prepare for strike action
UNISON members, alongside those from Nipsa, have not received any pay award this year
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Low paid East Kent Hospitals workers ballot for strike
Nearly 200 low paid East Kent Hospitals staff, employed by private contractor 2Gether, are being balloted for strike action over pay, Unite said today (December 1). 2Gether is a wholly owned subsidiary of East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and made £2m profits in 2021. The workers are being offered a pay rise of around […]
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11th Anniversary of UNISON National Pension Strike 2011
Facebook reminded me this morning that it is the 11th anniversary of the 2011 successful strike action to protect public sector pensions (Facebook immediately lost any thanks for this memory for refusing to allow me to share, since they thought my post…Read more…
NHS crisis deepens
Thousands more NHS workers across London, Merseyside and Manchester have begun balloting for strike action, Unite, which represents some 100,000 NHS workers, said on Friday (November 25). Unite said its healthcare members are warning the NHS is on ‘life support’ and that without serious investment to stem the recruitment and retention crisis and save failing […]
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