Hundreds of healthcare assistants (HCAs) in Somerset are better off thanks to a successful regrading campaign that has increased salaries and led to back payments of up to £4,550, says UNISON. In total, 553 HCAs employed at Somerset Foundation Trust will benefit from a significant salary boost and back pay. The deal goes back to […]
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UNISON has formally nominated Jayne Kirkham as the union’s choice for Labour in Truro and Falmouth. We caught up Jayne to talk about the realities of life in Cornwall and what motivated her to want to be an MP.
UNISON is working with the international trade union movement to mobilise support for those affected by the war in Ukraine – and branches and members can help too.
The country is to be asked to observe a minute’s silence next Tuesday (28 April) to remember all the health, care and other key workers who have lost their lives to coronavirus, in a campaign launched today (Monday) by three health unions.
Due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation, and the uncertainty over how long the current measures will be necessary, we have taken the difficult decision to postpone the Branch Officers training scheduled to happen at Croyde Bay in July.
On Tuesday night Health Secretary Matt Hancock addressed the nation and offered care workers a CARE badge. In our view, the Health Secretary should be focussing on PPE shortages, increasing care workers pay and improving their terms and conditions. The only badge care workers need is a union badge. We highlighted this on our Facebook […]
Newspaper ad says ‘Thank you’ to all the UNISON members leaving their loved ones to care for ours.
Members living on a low income constantly struggle to make ends meet – and this can be particularly acute in the winter when the cost of heating homes rises as the outside temperature falls. But it’s not all bad news – help IS available. The union’s welfare charity There for You has once more set […]
UNISON is celebrating the valuable work of NHS support staff during its One Team week of action this week.
An overwhelming majority of cleaners, porters and caterers have said they are prepared to strike after UNISON consulted members in hospitals across Cornwall.
Hospital staff in the Royal Devon & Exeter UNISON branch marked International Women’s Day last week by pledging to help tackle period poverty and support survivors of domestic violence. The branch committee, which represents over 1,600 health care staff in Exeter, unanimously backed a proposal to support and promote the work of Comfort Exeter and […]
With Golden Time under threat, students from Pennycross Primary in Plymouth staged a protest with the help of UNISON.
Political comedian Mark Thomas is heading to the South West with his award-winning show about the NHS. Check Up: Our NHS at 70, which Thomas first performed last year, is based on a series of interviews with leading experts on the NHS, and a month of residencies in hospitals during which he shadowed doctors, nurses […]
When Sirona proposed to cut 30 minutes pay per shift from 160 low-paid care workers in Bath our members decided to fight back.
