UNISON has today (Wednesday) written to Sajid Javid urging action on pay to stop the exodus of health service staff as they face ‘a cost-of-living apocalypse’. Health workers across the South West have also written to local NHS employers asking them to publicly support a decent pay rise and take action to boost earnings. The […]
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A three night luxury lodge break has raised £404 for UNISON’s There For You charity following a raffle at UNISON’s Get Active event at Croyde Bay.
Preeti Sood picked up the Eric Roberts Organising Rep of the Year award at our regional Get Active awards ceremony on Friday night (20th May).
UNISON is proud to work with LGBT+ members to challenge homophobia, biophobia and transphobia in the workplace.
Life-threatening response times are 67% higher than the 7 minute target.
Three quarters said stress and pressure in their services has increased since pre-Covid days.
Care workers, registered nurses and residential home staff employed by St Monica Trust are being balloted on plans to cut their pay, hours, and changes to sick pay, says UNISON today (Friday). In a recent consultative ballot over 70% of care workers voted in favour of strike action across five residential care homes in Bristol, […]
In just one week, on Thursday 5 May, UNISON members across the UK will get a chance to cast their votes in elections.
Workers Memorial Day is a day that always reminds me that we are stronger together as a collective, as a trade union. Marking the annual day of reflection is always a sombre occasion. It’s a day where we think of those that we have lost and those that have been seriously injured in the workplace. […]
A maximum of 3% is ‘woefully inadequate’ for staff amid cost-of-living crisis, says UNISON.
Staff will take further strike action at the University of Gloucestershire over pay from this week, UNISON says.
The NHS risks losing thousands of low-paid staff including 999 call handlers, healthcare assistants, medical secretaries and cleaners to the private sector unless wages increase significantly, says a report published today by UNISON. Major names on the high street including supermarkets, coffee shops and logistics firms, are among those promoting wages that exceed the lowest hourly rates in the NHS. Morrisons is offering a minimum of £10 an hour compared with £9.49 for […]
UNISON staff and stewards were out on the road all week in the Bristol and Bath area with our very own organising van.
Failure to tackle public sector pay is outrageous.
The pressure on household incomes is relentless. Surging prices are ravaging family finances to such an extent that hard-up low earners can barely afford the basics.
