There was no lying on sun-loungers for UNISON or many of our members involved in key struggles at work
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‘Think again’ UNISON tells North East health trust over subco plans
Packed Teesside meeting highlights health staff’s anger and worry of plans to hand them over to a private company
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Bolton hospital workers’ pay ballot opens
Voting papers dispatched today in vote over action on pay parity
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Bolton hospital workers to ballot on action for pay parity
Wholly-owned subsidiary pays staff less than directly-employed workers after failing to implement NHS pay rise
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Do you know a health hero and want to make sure they’re recognised?
Nominations for the 2018 Our Health Heroes, honouring the vital work done by NHS support staff, are now open and close on 16 September
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New strike dates announced in Wigan ‘subco‘ dispute
WWL strikers with general secretary Dave Prentis on the 30 June NHS march in London Hospital workers in Wigan will strike for another seven days in two weeks time, as their dispute over being…Read more…
‘We want to stay in the NHS: for ourselves and future generations’
Members at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS trust started a five-day strike today – here’s why, their own words
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Evelyn Beckley: ‘a shining example of hard-working NHS support staff’
UNISON member wins award for ‘operational services excellence’ at NHS England Windrush Awards to mark 70th anniversary of NHS
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North west hospital workers set for second strike over outsourcing
‘I was a bit nervous about coming out on strike, but we’ve all stood together and supported each other,’ says Carol, a domestic at Wrightington, Wigan and Leight NHS Trust
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I love working for the NHS – so I’m striking against being outsourced
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh hospital staff strike for 48 hours over plans to outsource their jobs to wholly owned private company
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Wigan hospital staff vote for strike over outsourcing plans
NHS trust’s plans to move jobs and workers to its own private company sees 89% vote for strike – in a 79% turn-out
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Ms Smith Goes to Westminster
Former UNISON president Eleanor Smith reflects on an historic general election victory and her first months as an MP
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Vote now for your health hero
Help celebrate the unsung heroes of the NHS – voting closes on 6 November
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One Team week of action to celebrate the NHS’s unsung workers
Without support staff, ‘our NHS simply wouldn’t work’
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Our Health Heroes awards – the night in pictures
Check out the pictures from the Our Health Heroes awards
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NHS commissioners on course for some ‘unpalatable’ decisions
But UNISON warns that ‘there is little left to cut’
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Do you know a health hero?
Our Health Heroes awards launched during One Team for Patient Care week of action
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Belfast Trust to impose change from weekly to monthly pay on low-paid workers
Union condemns denial of right to negotiate
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It’s almost time for our One Team parties
Get read for July’s celebration of the whole NHS team, including our new awards for health heroes
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Seven-day NHS needs resourcing across the whole healthcare team
Debate should not focus only on doctors and nurses say delegates at UNISON’s health conference in Brighton
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