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Care home staff, hospital porters and teaching assistants are among key workers featured in a series of hard-hitting films that show them carrying out vital jobs during the […]

“Workers and services at the heart of the country’s pandemic will be more concerned with what Rishi […]

Decent pay and properly funded services are needed now

Supporting the wages of workers is an important first step in the battle to protect jobs across the UK. “A strong economy is […]

“Key workers in the NHS, care, schools and other public services must be protected for all our sakes.” […]

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: "The UK depends on key workers to keep public services running and everyone protected. But it's taken a pandemic for their worth […]

“Local authorities also need proper funding so council, school support staff and care workers can get a well-deserved wages boost too. “Investment in staff and public services now will […]

“As you have repeatedly said, the value of public service workers has never been clearer. UNISON is demanding you provide them with protection, as they seek to […]

“While some supermarkets must be praised for setting aside dedicated time for key workers and the elderly to shop, the initiative is patchy and doesn’t take account of shift patterns. If […]

Important to provide for those who look after us

What do you think of Labour’s manifesto? Will you be voting to protect public services on 12 December? We’d like to hear your views

Responding to new Labour Party analysis published today (Friday) suggesting NHS staff work one million hours of unpaid overtime each week, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “The NHS is running on fumes after years of underfunding. Chronic understaffing has left us with a system propped up by the goodwill of devoted health workers. “It […]

A third of public service workers are worried they’ll lose their jobs due to technological innovation or government cuts, according to a UNISON survey published today (Thursday). But one in ten feel additional training has protected them from the threat of redundancy, with staff feeling more secure in their jobs because of the new skills […]

Next government must help low-paid staff

Chancellor’s pledges nowhere near enough to tackle nine years of austerity