Private company abandons plan to make staff redundant and will now access the government furlough scheme
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Outsourced North West workers win statutory recognition
Social care staff saw the union de-recognised after PossAbilities won the contract earlier this year
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Outsourced NHS staff in Blackpool and St Helens strike over pay and conditions
Compass employees demand pay parity, while staff in Liverpool celebrate their own victory
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North West hospital staff to strike for pay equality
Members at three NHS trusts deliver 100% vote for strikes to win NHS rates for all staff
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Liverpool Women’s Hospital staff win pay battle
Staff employed by private contractor call off strike after company agrees to pay them the NHS rate for the job
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Liverpool Women’s Hospital staff escalate strike over unfair pay
Second week of action as private company refuses to pay agreed national NHS rate of pay – despite managers’ pay having risen
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St Helens and Warrington housing members win 3.1% pay rise
Pay increase at north-west England housing group follows rejection of 2% offer and a ballot for industrial action
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NHS outsourcing is bad for staff and bad for patients
The planned outsourcing of staff at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust is not in the interests of staff nor patients, says UNISON. UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis has written to the head…Read more…
The Manchester Arena terrorist attack – two UNISON members’ stories
Adam Williams was in a corridor with a patient at the Salford Royal hospital when he heard news of an explosion in Manchester. Twenty minutes later he was at the scene.
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Andy Burnham vows to end ‘callous culture’ of social care
The mayoral candidate for Great Manchester outlines plans for a fully-integrated health and social care service
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All eyes on the metro mayors
UNISON wants to see public services at the top of the agenda during the metro mayor elections
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‘Bursary or Bust’ is the cry as NHS students rally across England
Rallies and marches back the NHS bursary in London, Manchester and Newcastle
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Union paramedic ‘shocked’ at new year honours MBE
Steve Evans, a UNISON member who works at the North West Ambulance Service, has declared himself “shocked” after receiving an MBE in the new year honours. Mr Evans, a paramedic who works…Read more…
Burnley is latest council to attack Trade Union Bill
North West council criticises “unfair, unnecessary and undemocratic” attack that will “undermine constructive employment relations and civil liberties”
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