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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 […]

They say the time it takes to learn and devise routines, set up, clear up and answer queries from participants after sessions, means […]

Employees overwhelmingly rejected a 3% pay offer from the University and Colleges Employers Association in May. More than four in five […]

Members at the Victoria Education Centre voted for action by 97% in an 81% turnout

The accepted offer will be in place for two years and means staff will be paid what was the real living wage – £10.90 per hour – at the time the […]

Staff in the Environment Agency have seen their pay eroded by over 20% in the last decade and are now “working one day in every five for nothing”

This is my first time taking indefinite strike action, and I saw the spirit and tenacity of members. New members joined us and boosted the strike action. We […]

16:30 Sorry guys, didn't notice your weather front coming in over Cornwall and missed out on my post-lunch weather update, looks like it blew over quite quickly […]

To make matter worse, workers were only given a 2% pay rise (plus £345) for this financial year, but the previous year, the majority of staff had a pay […]

Staff had asked for a pay increase 2% above the rate of inflation, With inflation topping 10% and further increases on the […]

The agreement was reached last night after intensive negotiations between the trade union group and the department of health. UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: "Our members in Northern […]

The 31 drug and alcohol support workers in Wigan and Leigh were previously employed by the NHS, but the service […]

Last year, a member was diagnosed with cancer, but was denied sick pay. “We asked for this to be included in pay talks,” says Mr Kennett, but the company refused […]

The move comes after they rejected the employers’ final pay offer in a consultative ballot. For most staff, this would see a pay increase of just 1.8%, well […]

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