Inequalities emerging through the pandemic are chilling evidence to support UNISON’s demands on workplace rights and decent public services. We need them now
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UNISON welcomes move to pause VAT on PPE
Union had urged the government to cut VAT weeks ago, as care homes struggle to fund and access protective equipment for staff
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Unite: Join the Covid-19 ‘manufacturing army’
Following Nissan’s ‘outstanding’ efforts in re-purposing its facilities to produce hundreds of thousands of pieces of much needed personal protective equipment (PPE), Unite today (Wednesday April 29)…Read more…
NHS ‘running to catch up’
On International Workers’ Memorial Day today (April 28), Unite remembers those who have died but equally just as important fights for those living. That’s why personal protective equipment (PPE) for…Read more…
Unite fights an ‘unprecedented crisis’
Never in recent years has International Workers’ Memorial Day – which takes place every year on April 28 – been so poignant, or so necessary. As the world is gripped by a global pandemic, far too…Read more…
‘Everything is jam tomorrow’
“Unite is urgently calling for ambulance workers to be given clear guidance regarding triaging which patients should be taken to hospital and more action on PPE which needs to be supplied to…Read more…
Lessons from living through COVID-19
When NEC member Mark Fisher started to feel ill, he didn’t realise it was the new coronavirus and that he was facing a frightening stay in hospital
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Blog: your right to be safe from harm at work
As UNISON has been working hard for our members during the coronavirus crisis, I know that the issue of getting the right personal protective equipment (PPE) is the still the top priority for…Read more…
Unite Facebook live event
Following on from Unite’s popular Facebook Live legal Q&A event, Unite will be hosting another one Facebook Live Q&A for members in the health sector tomorrow (Thursday, April 23) from…Read more…
Baking for bin men: life as a refuse collector in COVID-19
‘To be honest, the public have been giving us better equipment than our employer’
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Litany of criticism
“It is the right of every single worker in this country not to put themselves at risk of injury or hazard if they’re going to work,” he said, noting that the latest PPE guidance is essentially asking…Read more…
More than a thousand care home deaths highlights ‘shambolic’ government response to Covid crisis, says UNISON
Dave Prentis says government must ‘get act together’ to prevent more needless deaths
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PPE ‘tsar’ welcomed
Unite on Sunday (April 19) welcomed the appointment of a `tsar’ to coordinate the manufacture and distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE). The union has long called for such a…Read more…
National shame
Unite believes that the government’s continued lack of PPE for front line workers is a scandal.
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My COVD19 experience: Mark Fisher
Mark is a friend, a UNISON comrade and fellow Labour Party activist. He is a similar age to me and of course, a fellow taff. It was shocking that such a larger than life, fit and active person should become so ill. A lesson to all of us to keep se…Read more…
NHS organisations must be honest with staff over PPE stocks, says UNISON
Rationing shouldn’t take place while supplies exist
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Recognition for care is welcome but government needs to deliver on PPE, says UNISON
Raising status must be backed by better pay
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Work on protecting members continues across all UNISON service groups
UNISON service groups all pushing to protect members in the coronavirus crisis
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Last resort safety equipment plans are ‘desperate’, says UNISON
Staff must be properly equipped to prevent deaths
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Care home death figures a ‘national scandal’, says UNISON
Dave Prentis says care workers still face lack of PPE
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