Hundreds of staff at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) are to strike for one day in a dispute over pay.
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A separate pay structure for nurses is not the answer to wage-grading problems in the NHS for healthcare professionals.
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Support staff at universities in Bristol are being balloted from this week for industrial action over the “inadequate” pay offer from the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA).
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Thousands of Environment Agency workers in England are to strike for four days over pay later this month, blaming government inaction for putting communities, waters and wildlife at risk.
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Social workers and occupational therapists working for South Gloucestershire Council will strike next month after voting for action in a dispute over pay enhancements.
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Over 2,000 healthcare assistants in Bristol hospitals have been re-banded from Band 2 to Band 3 and received up to £4,000 backpay after a UNISON campaign.
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Social workers and occupational therapists working for South Gloucestershire Council have voted to take strike action in a dispute over pay enhancements says UNISON today, Monday.
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UNISON head of local government, Mike Short, comments on the pay offer for 2023/24 made to council and school staff by employers.
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Staff at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have voted to take strike action over pay, says their union UNISON today (Tuesday).
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The strike planned for next Wednesday involving thousands of ambulance staff and other NHS workers has been suspended to allow UNISON to enter pay talks with the government, the union said today (Friday). Following a meeting of its health committee this afternoon, UNISON announced it was suspending the action scheduled for 8 March. The decision was taken […]
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Health unions to consider invite from government to enter formal pay talks through NHS staff council
The invitation comes just a day after ambulance workers from the South West region lobbied parliament.