Kerry Baigent reflects on inspirational women on picket lines on her first International Women’s Day as regional secretary.
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New guidance for managers and staff on the use of different languages at work has been launched at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with UNISON.
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Workers employed by Milestones Trust have voted to accept the Trust’s annual pay offer which includes improvements to sick pay.
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UNISON has formally nominated Leigh Redman as the union’s choice for Labour in Bridgwater. We caught up Leigh to talk about what motivated him to want to be an MP.
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Further strike action at North Devon District Hospital has been averted after contractor Sodexo made an improved offer to health care workers over their pay dispute, says UNISON.
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Somerset Care must reconsider its plans to close two of the county’s residential care homes because of the “disastrous” impact on current residents and those needing care in future.
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Jayne Kirkham, Labour’s prospective parliamentary candidate in Truro and Falmouth, backs UNISON’s campaign for a new national care service.
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Hundreds of healthcare assistants at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth are to take their campaign for fair pay directly to hospital bosses today.
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The three local government unions, representing 1.4m council and school employees have called for a significant wage rise.
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The contribution women across the South West make to their workplaces, families and wider society is to be celebrated in a special event being organised by UNISON next week.
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On Saturday 24 February, our regional self-organised LGBT+ group officially launched UNISON’s year of LGBT+ workers with an event in Taunton.
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Hundreds of the lowest-paid workers at North Devon District Hospital are to take three days of strike action next month after being denied a pay rise worth at least £1,655.