Health conference hears of situations where ‘insourcing’ actually means bringing a private company into the NHS to provide services
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Why insourcing isn’t always a win
Health conference hears of situations where ‘insourcing’ actually means bringing a private company into the NHS to provide services
The article Why insourcing isn’t always a win first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Opinion: Thames Water makes case for renationalisation … now!
When crews for the annual Boat Race are warned about levels of E.coli, and its own shareholders refuse to invest more in Thames Water, the case for public ownership is clear
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Opinion: Thames Water makes case for renationalisation … now!
When crews for the annual Boat Race are warned about levels of E.coli, and its own shareholders refuse to invest more in Thames Water, the case for public ownership is clear
The article Opinion: Thames Water makes case for renationalisation … now! first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNSON wins huge settlement for school meals workers
UNISON forced catering company Dolce to pay workers thousands of unpaid wages after cutting their hours
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UNISON wins huge settlement for school meals workers
UNISON forced catering company Dolce to pay workers thousands of unpaid wages after cutting their hours
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NHS data: help stop the sell-off
UNISON opposes government plans to hand over NHS patient data to US spy firm
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Health conference asks why ambulance staff aren’t an emergency service
Conference debates ambulance and privatisation issues and discusses how to make the union ‘ballot ready’
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“A corporate world that evinced almost psychopathic disregard for human life”
In his book, Show me the bodies – Why we let Grenfell happen, Peter Apps writes: “Over a period of … MoreRead more…
Fears for London Underground
The Transport for London (TfL) pension review has raised fears that the government could have plans to privatise the London Underground, Unite said today (Tuesday 10 August).
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MoD’s ‘addiction to outsourcing a disaster’
Giving evidence at the defence select committee today (July 12) Unite will warn that the ongoing outsourcing of civilian functions at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is leading to cuts in pay, a…Read more…
Tower Hamlets ‘must keep its word and stop privatisation’
Unite has slammed Tower Hamlet’s privatisation of its initial assessment team for elderly residents in need of assistance, as members of the team go on strike. Five assessment staff, who are Unite…Read more…
Dudley Hospital Covid risk shame
Unite is warning because of systematic failures by outsourcing giant Mitie, which holds the facility management contract for the NHS Dudley Hospital Trust, staff and patients could be exposed to…Read more…
Health workers win two-year battle against privatisation in Frimley
UNISON members have won the battle to keep their NHS jobs, after threats to transfer workers to a wholly owned subsidiary were made in April 2019
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‘Missed opportunity’
Unite, representing over 70,000 bus workers, has warned that the government’s new national bus strategy, published today (Monday March 15) will go nowhere near reversing a decade’s worth of cuts to…Read more…
Unite slams govt plans for private sector bio-med labs
Unite, which represents over 100,000 health care workers, has today (February 24) added its voice to warnings that the government’s plans to create a mega laboratory in Leamington Spa in…Read more…
Outsourcing must end to restore public services
Privatisation and outsourcing have failed the public and workers
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Health warning – crony-virus goes pandemic
This week, on the first anniversary of the UK’s first lockdown, UNITElive is featuring some of the top stories we have covered on the pandemic and our members’ contributions, concerns and…Read more…
‘Test and trace’ failure – another nail in NHS’ coffin?
As the UK population faces Covid-19 restrictions until next spring, the mistakes in the government’s ‘test and trace’ policy have been cruelly exposed and there now needs to be a complete revaluation…Read more…
Raise a toast to public track and trace
Campaign group We Own It wants people to invite their MP to join the toast on Friday, to build support for a proper, public track and trace system
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