Twenty grieving families will now, quite rightly, be demanding answers
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UNISON has today (Monday) informed the East of England Ambulance Service that it is to ballot frontline ambulance staff over possible strike action concerning managers’ failure to tackle the problem of excessive working hours and lack of sufficient breaks. In December 2015, 2,995 shifts finished over an hour later than planned, and in January 2016 this rose […]
Proposals include changes to meal breaks and ‘late finishes’ leading to compulsory overtime
An election is to take place for two seats on the national Labour Link committee
UNISON has said standards will fall and patients suffer after Luton and Dunstable Hospital Trust chose to privatise a range of services
East of England ambulance branch video sees staff talk about how stress affects their work and online petition backs solutions trust could adopt
UNISON warns against plans to outsource cleaning and hospital meals at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital, which could see meals prepared off-site and reheated at the hospital
After three years in the hands of private company Serco, Suffolk’s community healthcare is being returned to NHS control on 1 October this year
UNISON health members in England are taking five days of action for fair pay next week – starting first thing on Monday morning – and will be joined by colleagues in other unions including midwives
‘Make sure you come along, show your support and make a difference’
UNISON has won a victory at Ipswich Hospital, where management has now announced that it will put on hold any increases to parking charges for at least a year
‘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
Delegates told about the “dirty secret” of the employment figures and why the Immigration Bill is a “disgraceful and cynical piece of legislation”
UNISON General secretary Dave Prentis has made an impassioned plea to end “the cycle of desperation” and defend all that the union movement has achieved