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 →
UNISON’s national executive council (NEC) met today and heard reports on the preparations for strike action, balloting and re-balloting across the union, as the third Conservative prime minister of the... read more →
Commenting on new figures published today (Thursday) that show NHS vacancies across England have reached a record high and waits for patients arriving at hospital by ambulance are increasing, UNISON... read more →
UNISON has welcomed the announcement from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) that further education institutions are to be reclassified as public sector rather than private. Among other ramifications, this... read more →