This year, the theme for International Women’s Day is #BreakTheBias. We spoke to a few members of the South West Regional Women’s Committee about what that means to them. Kathy Toms Kathy joined the Regional Women’s Committee three years ago when a UNISON workshop brought her love of singing back. How have you championed bias […]
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Saturday 19 March will see events and actions around the world for UN Anti-Racism day and UNISON South West is proudly standing up to be counted. Will you be there too? UN Anti Racism Day will bring together Stand Up To Racism supporters and allies from across trade unions, faith groups, politicians and campaigns to […]
Staff voted to take the strike action after a pay offer of 1.5%.
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.
Following the announcement that Covid-related laws will end from 1 April 2022, we want to find out if that means that charges will be reinstated for staff in hospital car parks. Let us know what’s happening where you work 👇🏼
Joanne Kaye celebrates ♥️Unions Week in her latest blog.
Dates announced as ballot passes the legal threshold for turnout.
Nearly a third (32%) of school support and nursery staff say their employers are unable to provide them with enough lateral flow tests to do the recommended twice-weekly checks, says UNISON today (Thursday). A survey of more than 2,300 school support staff – including teaching assistants, administrators and cleaners – revealed they were unable to follow government guidance for twice-weekly tests as their school did not have an adequate supply of […]
Twenty of the biggest school catering companies are not giving full sick pay to staff, meaning that some of the lowest-paid staff in schools cannot afford to self-isolate because they’re being forced to rely on statutory sick pay (SSP).
The government can no longer stand idly by and watch as the UK’s energy sector implodes, says UNISON, as it reacts to the news that 1,700 jobs are to go at energy giant Ovo.
The announcement by Somerset County Council and the NHS of a joint £4.8m investment to increase pay and recognise the hard work and vital contributions of carers in the county, has been welcomed by UNISON.
Throughout the course of the event, delegates spoke time and again of how important UNISON had been over the past two years
Commenting on data published today (Thursday) by NHS England showing that NHS waiting lists are at a record high and targets for 999 response times are being missed, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “The NHS has been experiencing winter-style pressures for months now. There are real fears that staff and services will be unable […]
Today is the day that the average disabled worker stops getting paid for the rest of the year compared to the average non-disabled worker. According to TUC research, the disability pay gap, or the amount that the average non-disabled worker earns more than an average disabled worker, is £3,500. This means that non-disabled workers earn […]
Commenting on the Care Quality Commission (CQC) annual assessment of the state of health and social care in England, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said today (Friday): “This report makes it crystal clear that the care sector is on the precipice due to the catastrophic staffing crisis. “Care homes are closing because they can’t recruit, putting unbearable […]
