Search Results for “Local government” tagged West Midlands

UNISON wins compensation for assaulted care worker

Injuries left carer unable to work after repeated assaults by a teenager who should have been placed in a secure unit

Article on the UNISON National site.

Herefordshire council announces another devastating dose of austerity medicine

UNISON demands to know what has happened since February budget and pledges to fight to save jobs and services

Article on the UNISON National site.

University of Birmingham workers enjoy double celebration

Union’s campaign wins through after university drops changes that would have hit pay and jobs

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON tells Herefordshire council to ‘come clean’ over cuts

UNISON members back campaign to resist heavy job cuts and destruction of non-statutory public services in Herefordshire

Article on the UNISON National site.

Local government members to vote on offer

Local government members in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be consulted on offer as ‘best achievable by negotiation’

Article on the UNISON National site.

Union campaigning persuades council to convene full meeting

"We encourage everyone who is concerned about their local council services to come along with their banners." A consultation ballot of UNISON […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Government’s ‘broken promise’ leads to loss of 300 NHS jobs in Walsall

  “The government has broken its promise to protect the NHS - and this is the result.”   […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

New £100m cut ‘very damaging’ to West Midlands policing

UNISON calls on senior police “not to mislead the public into thinking that these cuts can be made with little or no consequences”

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON lobbies council over child home closure

Sharon Champion, UNISON joint branch secretary for Sandwell local government members, commented: "Spon Lane has recently been judged 'adequate' by Ofsted, in contrast with some […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Unemployment spells misery for thousands in the West Midlands

    "Local government has been one of the areas hardest hit by the government’s austerity agenda. And while all […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Living wage is the new minimum wage at University of Wolverhampton

UNISON campaigning pays off with unveiling of living wage plaque at the University of Wolverhampton

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON George Eliot vintage tea party (Friday 28 june 11am): celebrating 65 years of the NHS

UNISON George Eliot Hospital invites NHS workers, patients and the community to a 1948 style tea party with land girls, period uniformed staff, vintage coaches and rations!

Article on the UNISON National site.

Spending review – UNISON West Midlands reaction

“The bulk of these extra cuts will fall in local government despite West Midlands councils already having had to deal with disproportionately savage cuts […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Nuneaton wishes NHS a vintage happy 65th birthday

Celebrations kick off with a 1948 NHS costume tea party, complete with land girls, period uniforms, vintage coaches and ration books

Article on the UNISON National site.

Local government unions accept pay offer

The offer is for: a 1% increase on all pay points and nationally-agreed protected allowances with effect from 1 April 2013; deletion of the […]

Article on the UNISON National site.