Wirral, Knowsley and Liverpool councils have committed to paying carers Foundation Living Wage
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Wirral, Knowsley and Liverpool councils have committed to paying carers Foundation Living Wage
The article Social carers in Liverpool secure living wage first appeared on the UNISON National site.
In the last 10 years Arriva’s UK British bus division has siphoned more than half a billion pounds to Deutsche Bahn shareholders, while its UK workers’ wages are on a downward spiral. Research by Unite has discovered that Arriva’s German parent company, Deutsche Bahn, is raking in huge profits off the back of the hard […]
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Bus workers employed by Arriva in the North West have voted in huge numbers for strike action in a dispute over pay. Unite, the workers’ union, says that all-out continuous strike action will begin…Read more…
Scores of Unite members gathered in Liverpool at the Hod Carrier statue, the UK’s first ever worker’s memorial, to pay tribute to fallen workers on International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) this…Read more…
After sustained campaigning from UNISON, large care provider commits to paying the real living wage to employees
The article Salford city branch win £19m pay rise for care workers across England…Read more…
Nearly 2,000 Arriva bus drivers across Liverpool, Manchester and the north west of England are being balloted for strike action in a dispute over pay. If the Unite members, based at depots in…Read more…
The troubled North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) NHS Trust has been accused of ‘dragging its feet’ in its investigation over an alleged racist comment directed at a leading Unite rep. Unite the union…Read more…
North West ambulance staff are to hold a consultative ballot over whether to proceed to an industrial action ballot about a new system that is leaving them exhausted because of excessive mileage….Read more…
UNISON calls on NHS England to investigate where a “substantial sum” of money has gone that should have been used to fund unsocial hours payments for the workers
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Mitie, the hospital trust and Health Management Carlisle are squabbling over who is responsible for paying 150 workers unsocial hours payments that have been missed for a decade
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We Are With You staff will now be paid in line with NHS pay rates until at least 2022 – and the company has also recognised UNISON
The article Wigan and Leigh rehab workers win long-running dispute…Read more…
The union is writing to all the MPs and councillors in area 10 (Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and South Lancashire) informing them of what is occurring and asking them to support the…Read more…
The number of UK redundancies have skyrocketed at a record rate, with almost a quarter of a million redundancies made in the three months to August, the latest unemployment figures show. The latest…Read more…
We Are With You continues to refuse to pay promised wage increase, after Central Arbitration Committee rules it has to recognise UNISON
The article Addiction support workers enter last day of latest…Read more…
Students and staff have banded together in a solid display of solidarity at a demo which highlighted two separate disputes at the University of Liverpool today (December 3). Both Unite members, who…Read more…
UNISON North West, who have been fighting on the front line of public service cuts for the past decade, led the march
The article Thousands turn out to protest at Tory conference first appeared on…Read more…
Local MPs back drug and alcohol support workers, who were told that pay rises would match NHS workers
The article Addaction staff strike over broken pay promises first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Many spaces in public and social life – from politics to business to spectator sport and more – aren’t exactly the most welcoming of women, mainly because they are still dominated and led by men….Read more…
UNISON community conference and seminar sends message of support to Alternative Futures members striking this weekend
The article Solidarity from Southport for striking care workers first appeared…Read more…
UNISON members could lose £2,000 a year under plan by private company
The article Care workers vote to strike over threat to sleep-in payments first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…