Search Results for “Pay and conditions” tagged Yorkshire & humberside

Councils condemn trade union bill

In the last week, Gateshead and Sunderland councils in the north east of England have also condemned the bill, while Renfrewshire […]

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Prentis visits Yorkshire to meets branches

Over in Humberside, Mr Prentis did another BBC radio interview, before visiting the Hull and East Yorkshire health branch office. An interview for the Hull Daily Mail followed, before he […]

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Leeds signs up to care charter

The charter is part of the union's Save Care Now campaign and commits the council to ensure that carers do not have to rush from client to client and that people […]

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Come along to the NHS election rally in Leeds

The future of the NHS is a key issue ahead of the general election on 7 May and one of UNISON's three election themes. Joining Dave Prentis will be Labour's shadow health […]

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Care UK strikers celebrate victory

What our members in Doncaster have done has raised awareness of the pay and conditions of care workers in privatised companies throughout the country.  "It has changed the terms of […]

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NHS staff: Why we are striking on Monday

They will be joined by colleagues in other unions and, for the first time in their history, midwives are also taking strike action. The strike action - […]

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Care UK strikers hit the streets of London

Those donations included £21,000 to former shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley as he drew up the Tory health reforms.  Care UK has been handed £102.6m […]

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Two weeks to go until ‘Britain needs a pay rise’ march and rally

And with just two weeks to go until the TUC-organised event, in central London on 18 October, there's […]

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Care UK workers call for funds as new strike begins

"It is clear that the employer intends to deskill and dumb down the skill base enjoyed by the current staff, and replace them with minimum-wage carers […]

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LGA urged to reconsider on pay proposals

This suggested a one off lump-sum payment, and a higher percentage increase from 1 January 2015 to 31 March 2016 and asked unions to call […]

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NHS England action set for 13 October

‘Five days for fair pay’ starts with a four-hour strike on Monday 13 October, followed by four days of action short of a strike for the rest of the week

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Branches urged to follow the momentum for a living wage

"And that’s what branches should be doing. Make a living wage pay claim. Just ask." Mr Carruth's […]

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TUC warned about zero hours contracts and the Immigration Bill

UNISON’s Nicky Ramanandi told delegates that the Office for National Statistics had finally admitted, "what we’ve […]

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General secretary tells TUC now is the time to make a stand

He described a country where public services are devastated, working women are hit the hardest and where "a quarter of a million UNISON members struggle on a minimum wage that falls in real terms […]

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UNISON president tells Jarrow marchers – we can save the NHS

After "paying tribute to Rehana and all of the Darlo Mums who started this initiative", Ms McKeever urged […]

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