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Members may only lawfully picket at or near their own place of work and the union could be sued if any members engaged in unlawful picketing. In the case of ambulance […]

Check back throughout the day to see what’s happening around the regions as strikes begin across the ambulance service in England

Last night Conservative MPs reversed the positive changes made by the House of Lords to protect striking workers from dismissal, unions from excessive […]

Bradford hospital staff start industrial action vote over NHS trust’s plans to transfer them to wholly owned subsidiary company

Members employed by private contractor at Liverpool Women’s Hospital take action for NHS rates after 100% vote

More than 8,000 union members – overwhelmingly low paid women –  took strike action on Tuesday and Wednesday, with 10,000 […]

The meeting received an update on “very, very detailed plans” from regions and all parts of the union on plans for the month-long activity. The NEC update on the […]

Outsourced ‘subco’ workers reject latest pay offer as still below NHS pay

“The wholly owned subsidiary model is now wholly discredited. The treatment of hospital workers in Bolton shows how unfair it is to […]

20-month dispute ends in victory for janitors in nursery, primary and ASL schools

Teaching assistants, school supervisors, admin staff and other support workers striking between 7am and 1pm every day this week

‘We should make Eric proud by continuing on in the union – let’s make and keep this the best union’

Under the regulations, certain “jobs and functions” in health, fire services, transport, education and border […]

General secretary pledges support as 1,200 Co Durham teaching assistants rally on second day of strike

Monday 31 October 2016 For immediate release Teaching assistants in Durham will take strike action on 8 and 9 November in the long-running dispute over cuts to their pay, their union UNISON has announced today (Monday). This follows a ballot over Durham County Council plans to move teaching assistants to term-time pay. This could see […]