Winning a better deal for public services in the region and for the dedicated public servants that run them is top of my list.
South West
A chance to look back at a day on the picket lines in the South West
The charter provides the tools for well funded, high quality apprenticeships that lead to meaningful jobs
‘People voiced exactly how they felt. They pulled no punches’
Care and health workers have been told that their roles will be returning to Bath and North East Somerset Council
More than 300 staff will gain as area’s second-largest employer makes the move
Some 120 UNISON members in Bath and north east Somerset take action over employers’ ‘work-for-free’ proposals
Wigan NHS members reject plans to transfer them to wholly-owned subsidiary company
UNISON has won a hard fought victory for workers in the careers service against Prospects Limited
Cornish care company Cormac has signed up to UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter, the first in the South West to do so
All workers at the University of Bath – both staff and workers on outsourced contracts – receive the living wage from 1 April after two-year campaign by unions and students
Cornwall Council has agreed to pay the living wage to staff, giving many workers a welcome boost
Strong and sustained union campaigning pays off as plans to privatise £75m of NHS services in Cornwall are scrapped
UNISON South West has welcomed Dorset County Hospital trust board’s decision to keep pathology services in-house
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