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Monitor report says NHS pay freeze risks care

UNISON says that a new report from sector regulator Monitor shows the risk to care of a continuing pay freeze

Article on the UNISON National site.

‘Fight for equality: join UNISON’

‘Join UNISON’ is the message across the country as the union’s autumn recruitment campaign gets underway

Article on the UNISON National site.

Get involved on 23 October

23 October is national inspection day – part of the European health and safety week – what can your workplace rep do?

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON launches credit union network

UNISON is launching a unique scheme to increase the help that it gives members in financial difficulty, and challenge the rise of the pay-day lenders

Article on the UNISON National site.

One in five workers get less than a living wage

Number of workers paid less than the living wage is up by 1.4 million since 2009

Article on the UNISON National site.

What keeps you awake at night?

Take the UNISON survey and get the chance to win a mini e-reader

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.

March to save Lewisham A and E

UNISON urges people to attend protest against planned closure

Article on the UNISON National site.

University workers celebrate early rise in Living Wage

Balfour Beatty raises living wage at University of London now as partnership with UNISON develops

Article on the UNISON National site.

Unions ratchet up fight against health service pay cartel

Lobbies and rallies set to build for 1 December protest in fight against attempt to impose regional pay in the health service

Article on the UNISON National site.

Andy Burnham MP backs campaign to stop ambulance privatisation

MP criticises the ‘unacceptable risk’ that privatisation would bring to the city’s ambulance service

Article on the UNISON National site.

Living Wage week: Bolton College

Ashley Williams, a sports attendant at Bolton College, and college principal Marie Gilluley, explain why the living wage matters

Article on the UNISON National site.

Northern region sets out living wage campaign

Region kicks off week of campaigning with the slogan: ‘I want to live not just exist’

Article on the UNISON National site.