64.91% of UNISON health members have voted in favour of accepting a 3-year pay offer worth 8.1%. The union carried out an individual postal ballot of its 452,000 members working in the NHS including nurses, paramedics, occupational therapists, porters, midwives, health care assistants, technical, admin, cleaning, security and catering staff over the deal that will establish a new NHS minimum wage of £6.77 in year 2.
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Negotiators from the six further education trade unions, ACM, ATL, GMB, UCU, Unison & Unite representing 250,000 staff have rejected an offer from the employers
94% of UNISON members working in the probation service have voted in support of industrial action in a consultative ballot over increments. The move comes as pressure on public sector pay deals across the board increases, with strike ballots currently being carried out for 850,000 UNISON members working in local government.
Angry nurses, who need their cars to visit patients, are today demanding a rise in their fuel allowance to help cover the huge hike in petrol and diesel costs. UNISON, the UK
UNISON, the UK
Members from five further education trade unions: UNISON, University and College Union (UCU), GMB, UNITE, and the Association of Teachers and Lectures (ATL) will today (Wednesday June 4) stage joint protests over pay at colleges across the country.
Union in last-ditch appeal to Home Secretary to grant asylum.
A UNISON member, working and living in Nottingham, faces deportation in 48 hours to his native Burundi where he fears his life will be in danger.
I live on a very tight budget already with less than £20 ÒspareÓ. The rises in my rent, electricity and gas will mean that my only choice is to cut back on food Ð this counts as a luxury for our family Ð which includes my disabled sonÕ
UNISON member working in local government.
UNISON has been instrumental in winning equal treatment for agency workers
after 12 weeks in employment, despite resistance from employers who wanted rights after one year.
1000 members of UNISON and PCS are working to rule in a dispute over pay. The action consisting of a ban on overtime and working only contracted hours for the weeks 19 May until 30 May will disrupt the tight inspections schedule for children
1000 members of UNISON and PCS working in Ofsted are today (16 May) staging a one-day walk out over the imposition of a divisive new pay structure and below inflation three-year pay deal.
Speaking at the UNISON Schools Support Seminar in London today, Jim Knight, Schools Minister, confirmed that a new national negotiating body for school staff will be in place by September.
UNISON and PCS have today written to the Children
Ofsted inspections across England will be hit by strike action on May 16, as 1000 staff walk out in a dispute over pay, UNISON and PCS announced today.