UNISON members vote overwhelmingly in favour of three year pay deal
UNISON members vote overwhelmingly in favour of three year pay deal
This is just the beginning of better pay for NHS staff, conference delegates hear as they vote in favour of ‘biggest pay rise in 15 years’ and Agenda for Change reform
“And if the proposals are accepted, the extra funding for English health budgets will go through the Barnett formula into budgets in Scotland, Cymru/Wales […]
‘The agreement would mean an end at last to the government’s self-defeating and unfair 1% pay cap,’ says union.
The government needs to inject £280m into the NHS by the end of the decade, or ministers will breach minimum wage laws, unions warn
Government warned: ‘if you come for them, we will take industrial action’
UNISON wrote to the minister in July 2015 seeking a meeting, and a meeting had been scheduled to take place. However, with the minister’s political party’s […]
Thursday 27 October 2016 Hard-pressed health service staff are turning to high-rate loans, pawning their belongings and visiting food banks as they struggle just to make ends meet, according to research by UNISON. Financial hardship has led to almost half (49%) of those who took part in a major survey to seek financial help from […]
Reaffirming the union’s commitment to Agenda for Change, while recognising that pay had become a devolved matter, she noted that it could be […]
The government has shifted on NHS pay, but there could still be a sting in the tail
UNISON has stressed that the government’s instruction of a 1% payroll limit is unfair and will worsen staff shortages and damage patient care
UNISON supports a seven-day NHS but warns government is trying to do this on the cheap
But UNISON welcomes Welsh government’s continued commitment to living wage
Commenting on the announcement today (Tuesday) from NHS Pay Review Body of its proposals on pay for 2016/17, UNISON Head of Health Christina McAnea said: “It’s disappointing for NHS workers that the PRB has stuck to the artificial one per cent pay freeze imposed by the Chancellor. “Government pay policies since 2010 have seen most […]
As a result, more than half the respondents (55 per cent) are doing unpaid overtime every week. For three-quarters (76 per cent) this is up to five hours a week unpaid, while for a quarter (24 per […]