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Staff and students at the University of Bath crowdfunded over £6,300 to support refugees studying through full or partial scholarships
Staff in Somerset’s learning disability service keep on fighting despite transferring today to Dimensions UK, who have threatened wage cuts and restructuring.
Price reduction to be paid for by cut in Tricuro staff wages A pay cut imposed on staff at Dorset care company Tricuro has been used to take over £300,000 off the contract price paid by Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole Councils, despite the councils being handed £13m for social care in the budget last month. An open letter to Dorset councillors […]
Cleaners at a Torquay hospital have won £70,000 in damages after they fell ill, having been exposed to a hazardous chemical disinfectant at work.
Staff at Somerset’s Learning Disability Service (LDS) will today (15 March 2017) hold a silent rally outside the final cabinet meeting before pre-election purdah kicks in. LDS staff will use the slogan “#guiltyofcaring”, reflecting their feeling of being targeted for their commitment to the LDS. Staff are deeply concerned over the Tory council’s decision to hand […]
Plans to close community hospitals in Exeter, Honiton, Okehampton and Seaton have today come under fire from public service union UNISON over the Northern, Eastern, and Western (NEW) Devon clinical commissioning group’s (CCG) failure to consult staff.
Cornwall’s health restructure plan, known as “Shaping our future” will this week be put under the microscope by the public service union UNISON, first at the “save our NHS” rally in Truro on Saturday, and again on Monday as representatives begin three days of giving evidence to Cornwall council’s health scrutiny committee. UNISON’s presentation to […]
Plans to outsource Somerset’s learning disability service (LDS) to the national company Dimensions are to come under fire this Wednesday (1 March 2017) at a county council scrutiny committee. Councillors on the committee will examine the case put forward by the cabinet to see whether Dimensions’ plan aligns with the service that staff and service […]
Healthcare staff will this Tuesday (28 February 2017) be out campaigning in central Plymouth with their union, UNISON, over the dire state of health and social care funding in Devon. The event is one of a series organised to raise awareness of the increasingly difficult nature of work in health and social care services as funding […]
Plymouth in UNISON branch full-time rep Kevin Treweeks reflects on his nomination for a Get Active award It should have been ME! I’ve been to quite a few South West activists awards nights over the last few years so it was a strange feeling to be a nominee this year. I had a great speech […]
Staff and service users of Somerset’s learning disability service (LDS) will this Wednesday (15.02.17) attend the county council meeting to pressure their representatives to stick to promises made over the transfer of the LDS to Dimensions. Cabinet members previously assured stakeholders that sustainable, quality care was the driver of any handover, not cost-cutting. But plans have […]
Commenting on today’s Ofsted report which rated South Gloucestershire council’s services for children as “inadequate”, and highlighted poor performance among senior management and political leadership, UNISON South Glos branch secretary Andrew Went said: “It’s time for a proper inquiry into how children’s services have been allowed to slide downhill, putting vulnerable people at risk. Questions […]
A campaign for fair wages and affordable homes won UNISON’s Young Member Award for Bristol Apprentice Kath Pittman. Kath produced an advice pamphlet, Support with Housing and Pay. UNISON SW Young Members are campaigning for a real living wage and affordable homes. With house prices in Bristol rising faster than anywhere else in the UK […]
Commenting on the publication of Steve Bundred’s report in Bristol city council’s financial mismanagement, UNISON Bristol branch secretary Steve Crawshaw said: “Any report should be welcomed that aids delivering the high quality public services that Bristolians deserve. UNISON called for an investigation on these lines in August 2016. “The Mayor is right to take a hard look at poor […]
