“I’ve also had customers hurl racist abuse at me and others have refused to be served by me.”
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A paramedic recalls her experience of violence at work
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UNISON conference hears stories of violence and aggression including teaching assistants having to wear stab vests
Two new organisations sign up to UNISON’s charter
Conference hears that energy members should not have to face aggression and abuse at work
UNISON lays down plans to protect service and workers after hearing of members burned out and facing threats and violence
Staff and students have suffered serious injuries as a result of offensive weapons being brought into colleges, according to a UNISON survey published today (Tuesday). Machetes, hammers, metal bars and even a gun are among the items either recovered or that have been used in pupil-on-pupil assaults, gang attacks or in violent incidents against staff, […]
City council becomes first to make union’s charter a key part of its commissioning process
UNISON has written to every elected councillor in the UK asking them to make the union’s End Violence at Work Charter a central part of their commissioning process
June saw a number of highlights for the union and our members glisten in the early summer sunshine
MPs join UNISON members and employers at parliamentary launch of union’s Violence at Work charter
Community service group committed to using the charter to help end the belief that violence and aggression is ‘part of the job’
Last year in England physical assaults on NHS staff rose by nearly 10% compared to 2015/16, according to new figures published today (Tuesday) by UNISON and HSJ. The figures were obtained following a Freedom of Information (FoI) request – submitted by HSJ working on behalf of UNISON – to all the 244 NHS trusts in […]
‘Zero tolerance should mean zero tolerance’, health delegates are told
Too many community, housing and care workers are being ‘attacked at work for minimum wage’ as a normal part of the job