The public and fellow trade unionists will have the chance to show their backing for Sodexo workers in Barnstaple on Saturday, as the union holds a rally to support striking members at Barnstaple Hospital.
More than 200 UNISON members working for Sodexo at the North Devon NHS Trust took strike action last week over the refusal of the company and the trust to pay them Agenda for Change wages - even though these were due three years ago.
Sodexo members on strike in North Devon
UNISON welcomes additional council house funding
(11/01/10) Announcement is a 'good start' towards building a million new homes in the course of the next parliament
Victory for lock-keepers threatened with losing their homes
(07/01/10) UNISON reaches a deal with the Environment Agency over lock-keepers' homes
UNISON condemns call to freeze minimum wage
Manifesto slammed by Dave Prentis
A million voices for a million homes
Social housing is an essential part of our Million Voices campaign
Throwing a spanner into the works
When faced with the threat of services being outsourced, one region came up with a novel way of dealing with the issue
General secretary post
A special meeting of the NEC has been called for 20 January
Online library survey
UNISON is conducting an online survey for the People's Inquiry into the Public Library Service
Guidance on year-end audit procedures
Information for honorary branch auditors from UNISON's chief internal auditor
Nursery World Show
UNISON is supporting the Nursery World Show 2010 on 22-23 January in London
Pay Bargaining in 2010
Joint TUC and IDS conference on pay bargaining
Agency Workers Directive
UNISON has responded to the government consultation on implementing the EU Agency Workers Directive into UK law in November 2011
Coming events
including Winning for your workforce, Winning for communities - apprenticeships seminar
Training
Activists' training in your region and nationally
A million voices for public services
Fighting redundancies
Equal pay
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