Instead of investing in staffing, ministers introduced restrictive immigration policies and cut training budgets, all of which end up costing the NHS more than necessary in the long term
The article...
Any deal that fails to protect public services, defend rights at work and avoid a hard border in Ireland is a deal that’s bad for all of us
The article UNISON reacts to Brexit draft deal between the...
Responding to the latest figures from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) on the numbers joining and leaving its register, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “The increase in nurses and...
Responding to the announcement today (Monday) that the real living wage is to increase nationally to £9 an hour and to £10.55 in London, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “The vast majority...
Hundreds of people will march from the British Library to Parliament Square tomorrow (Saturday) to call for an end to the cuts hitting the arts and libraries across the country. Members of UNISON,...
Unhappy, bullied and harassed ambulance employees are in no one’s interest
The article There must be no hiding place for bullies in the ambulance service first appeared on the UNISON National site.
This is a victory for all low-paid women working in the public sector
The article UNISON wins legal pay out for 5,000 low-paid women in schools and nurseries in Greenwich first appeared on the...
Low-paid working couples who receive benefits and whose children have left home will be denied a pay boost by the Chancellor, UNISON said today (Wednesday). Childless people on universal credit will...
More must be done to make mental health services safer and kinder places to work
The article UNISON responds to funding for crisis mental health services first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The Chancellor’s promise that there’ll be no more PFI contracts signed is welcome
The article PFI abolition pledge doesn’t help public services with contracts first appeared on the UNISON National...