Search Results for “Pay and conditions” tagged north west region

Outsourced NHS staff in Blackpool and St Helens strike over pay and conditions   

The move is in protest at their employer’s failure to match NHS pay rates and working conditions, says UNISON. Hospital cleaners, caterers, porters, receptionists […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

St Helens and Warrington housing members win 3.1% pay rise

UNISON members working for a north-west housing group have won a 3.1% pay rise after rejecting an earlier offer and balloting for industrial action. Some 700 workers […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Liverpool Women’s Hospital staff win pay battle

The domestics, porters, catering and security staff are all employed by a private contractor, OCS, which had refused to pay them the […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Liverpool Women’s Hospital staff escalate strike over unfair pay

More than 40 staff who work as cleaners, catering staff, porters and security officers joined the strike, which has been provoked by the refusal of OCS to pay them the […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

North West hospital staff to strike for pay equality

UNISON has issued official strike notifications covering workers at St Helens and Knowsley teaching hospitals, Blackpool teaching hospitals and Liverpool heart and chest hospitals […]

News on the UNISON National site.

NHS outsourcing is bad for staff and bad for patients

Around 900 staff, working as porters, cleaners and caterers, would be transferred to the new company, WWL Solutions. UNISON research finds that the […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Andy Burnham vows to end ‘callous culture’ of social care

The mayoral candidate for Great Manchester outlines plans for a fully-integrated health and social care service

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

‘Bursary or Bust’ is the cry as NHS students rally across England

NHS students and their supporters, including UNISON members, marched from London's St Thomas's Hospital to […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Burnley is latest council to attack Trade Union Bill

Warning that the bill will "undermine constructive employment relations and civil liberties" and "have a serious effect on the authority's relationship with its workforce […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

School catering staff win in the Wirral after UNISON pressure

After pressure, Chartwells has been forced into a U-turn and will now use the government furlough scheme to “make sure no jobs are lost”. UNISON regional […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

All eyes on the metro mayors

On 4 May, the public will elect mayors in six city-regions: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, Sheffield City Region, Tees Valley, West […]

Article, Magazine, moving on the UNISON National site.

The Manchester Arena terrorist attack – members’ stories

The sound of the scene is what hit him first. Screams of panic and pain, alarms, sirens from police cars, ambulances and fire engines. He saw people wounded and […]

Magazine, moving on the UNISON National site.

Are you a homecare worker? – Leaflet

Leaflet only for branches in North West and Yorkshire & Humberside […]

Media on the UNISON National site.

Outsourced North West workers win statutory recognition

The contract changed hands earlier this year and PossAbilities, the new care provider, took the decision to de-recognise the […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

The Manchester Arena terrorist attack – members’ stories

The sound of the scene is what hit him first. Screams of panic and pain, alarms, sirens from police cars, ambulances and fire engines. He saw people wounded and […]

Behind the headlines, Magazine, UNISON people on the Magazine site.