Commenting on the news that British Steel has been placed in compulsory liquidation today (Wednesday) UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “The collapse of British Steel and the threat of thousands of job losses is devastating news. “It’s not just those working for British Steel who will be affected, public services workers need a buoyant […]
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Staff at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will vote on whether to take industrial action after the announcement of the privatisation of some of its services. The UNISON ballot opens today (Monday) and comes after the Trust said hospital staff, including porters and domestic assistants, will be outsourced to a separate company to cut costs […]
The government’s admission that privatisation of the probation service has failed is welcome, but it doesn’t go far enough
UNISON members working in 13 further education colleges in England have voted in a ballot for a pay rise. Although they voted in favour of strike action in nine of these colleges, turnout was not enough to meet the threshold for strikes set out in the 2017 Trade Union Act. UNISON’s further education and sixth […]
Staff at Royal and Broad Green hospitals to take action following success at Liverpool’s Women’s Hospital and the Walton Centre
Victories like these for Birmingham care workers and probation services being brought back in-house, show what UNISON can achieve
Grayling’s botched reforms have finally been abandoned
Long-running strike looks to be over
Vulnerable families could see living standards fall
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Cleaners at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow have today (Friday) voted almost unanimously in favour of strike action against plans to outsource cleaning services. UNISON members voted 99% in favour of industrial action on an 84% turnout. The 220 staff that provide cleaning and domestic services warn that if jobs are transferred to the […]
UNISON survey of library workers will look at the effects of austerity cuts on the service
UNISON-sponsored awards for health and care support workers are being held for the fourth time
A pay offer to higher education staff falls far short of the annual rise they deserve as university bosses have seen their salaries soar, says UNISON. The union’s higher education executive has now agreed unanimously to recommend the “inadequate” 2019/20 pay offer from UCEA higher education national employers should be rejected. UNISON will now undertake […]