Low-paid health workers shouldn’t have had to strike for one-off payment, says UNISON

Commenting on the government funding that will now allow thousands of health workers to receive the one-off payment given to NHS staff last year, UNISON head of health Helga Pile said:

A group of Mitie workers with Christina McAnea on a visit to UNISON Centre

Dudley NHS staff gain Mitie victory

Private contractor gets funding from government to pay non-medical staff the COVID bonus

A group of Mitie workers with Christina McAnea on a visit to UNISON Centre

Dudley MP raises Mitie strikers’ struggle in the Commons

Leader of the House Penny Mordaunt MP says she will make sure the case of the Dudley workers is looked at

A group of Mitie workers with Christina McAnea on a visit to UNISON Centre

The NHS workers in a Mitie fight for fair pay

Company is refusing to pay a COVID bonus to the privately-employed NHS workers – despite being signed up to Agenda for Change

Graphic in green and white on a purple background, with the words 'Put NHS pay right' in a large circle, and 'for Us2' in a smaller circle. All are in capital letters

UNISON launches next stage of One Team Us2 pay campaign

The union is targeting 18 private contractors in the NHS to persuade them to commit to pay that’s equal with directly employed staff

All​ health staff must be included in NHS pay award

NHS workers employed by private firms must not miss out

Health pay rise must be for everyone in the NHS

Health service staff employed by private companies must not lose out on the wage rise

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Us2 launched as next stage of One Team campaign

UNISON writes to NHS private contractors calling on them to pay Agenda for Change rates to all staff

Frimley health branch members on a protest with UNISON placards and flags

Health workers win two-year battle against privatisation in Frimley

UNISON members have won the battle to keep their NHS jobs, after threats to transfer workers to a wholly owned subsidiary were made in April 2019

Outsourced cleaners at Luton and Dunstable Hospital claim NHS pay victory

UNISON applauds ‘life-changing improvement for these vital workers’

Health workers in Bradford win privatisation battle

Wholly owned subsidiary plans dropped