Health members in Northern Ireland to strike over lack of pay parity

Two-day action this week comes as members have yet to be made pay offer in absence of devolved government

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Police staff in England and Wales offered 7% pay increase, says UNISON  

If accepted, the increase proposed by the police staff employers would take effect from 1 September 2023

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UNISON seeks judicial review of home secretary over Windrush

Suella Braverman has abandoned the commitment to key measures that would prevent another Windrush scandal

Conference restates UNISON’s campaign for abortion rights

‘The fact that abortion is still a criminal offence in this country has to change’

UNISON raises the age limit for its young members

The decision at national delegate conference increases the ceiling age of young members from 26 to 30, with a dramatic impact for the union’s activists and structures

NDC celebrates – and resolves to do more for – Black workers

UNISON’s Year of Black Workers is an opportunity to celebrate the union’s long history of challenging racism in the workplace and come up with practical steps for further change

‘We will defend our right to strike – and our right to vote’

UNISON delegates stand up for their rights as activists and voters

‘We remain strong and defiant’

Christina McAnea salutes a year of successful striking and campaigning, in a rousing conference speech

Insourcing campaigners at Barts NHS Trust celebrate final phase

Cleaning, catering and support staff at five London hospitals are now back in-house

Health workers and activists on the brink

UNISON health conference is told: ‘Everyone in this room is carrying the trauma of the last three years’

Health conference celebrates union’s re-banding wins

Campaigns on overtime, reducing the working week and protecting the NHS pension were among the other key topics discussed by delegates

Powerful anti-racism debate opens UNISON health conference

‘We are one team against racism, just as we are one team for patient care’

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UNISON prepares ‘robust response’ to government’s attempts to divide the health team

One Team values more important than ever, the national executive council heard today

UNISON launches its campaign for a National Care Service in England

‘Social care now needs to be moved to the front of the queue’