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UNISON, the UK
UNISON, the UK
Reacting to the busy legislative programme set out in the Queen
The twin themes of equity and access form the key planks of a major speech delivered by UNISON
UNISON, the UK
UNISON, the UK
On the eve of the Select Committee Inquiry into the future of pensions, UNISON, the UK
FE college lecturers and support staff will hold a one-day nation-wide strike on Tuesday 5 November in protest at a 2.3% pay offer by college employers, the lowest on offer in the public sector this year, say the FE unions. It is the first time the lecturer and support staff unions have joined forces in strike action in FE colleges.
Half of all nurses have seriously considered leaving their jobs because of poor pay. This is the shock finding revealed in a new survey* by UNISON, commissioned as part of the union
The latest research suggests that alcohol is implicated in 33,000 deaths a year in the UK. In addition one in six patients attending accident and emergency departments have drink-related injuries or problems, and this figure rises to eight in ten at peak times. Nurses, midwives and health visitors are there at the sharp end, treating these patients and in a unique position to detect the early warning signs of alcohol abuse.
UNISON, the union representing thousands of health managers at every level, today rejected suggestions that managers imposing the wrong priorities, are to blame for consultants rejecting the new NHS contracts.