UNISON has secured a huge £29m in compensation for members and members’ families this year, settling just under 2,000 claims between November 2021 and November 2022. This is an increase... read more →
Staff in church schools face a bleak Christmas unless archbishops act urgently on pay, says UNISON today (Friday). The union has written to the heads of the Church of England and Catholic... read more →
UNISON members taking industrial action this month have today received a message of solidarity from the National Pensioners Convention (NPC). In a letter addressed to Christina McAnea, NPC general secretary... read more →
Commenting on suggestions that the NHS pay review body may be reconvened in response to strikes by health workers over their wages, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said today (Thursday):... read more →
UNISON is seeking an urgent meeting with environment secretary Thérèse Coffey, to discuss the “insulting” pay offer to its members working in the Environment Agency (EA). A letter from general... read more →
UNISON is organising an International Women’s Day event in Glasgow on 8 March next year to celebrate the contributions of care workers, cleaners, school workers, librarians, and administrators to their... read more →
Hats, gloves and big coats accompany health workers in Northern Ireland as they’re braving minus temperatures to line the entrances of all NI major hospitals and the ambulance trusts they... read more →
Thousands of Environment Agency workers in England will stop attending incidents such as floods, water pollution, spills, waste fires and fly-tipping in December and over Christmas, as they begin industrial... read more →
Responding to ministers’ comments about the government’s continuing refusal to talk to unions about health workers’ pay, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said today (Sunday): “Ministers should stop making... read more →
Commenting on new figures published today (Thursday) that show NHS vacancies across England have reached a record high, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “These figures paint a bleak picture of... read more →