Court of Appeal will decide on lost pensions for women born in the 1950s
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UNISON is saddened to learn of three separate assaults towards ambulance staff which took place within the region over course of the weekend. This comes the week after a paramedic was stabbed during the course of his duty in Wolverhampton. Brian Dodds, Chair of UNISON North East Ambulance Branch said “Our members are there to […]
Today (Thursday) at 5pm UNISON Northern and Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) will be hosting a special live FaceBook event, on Challenging Racism in 2020 UNISON Northern has a proud history of working with SRtRC over a number of years and Clare Williams, regional secretary will be taking part along with Nicky Ramanandi UNISON […]
The government must fund local councils properly for the first time in more than a decade in order to keep communities safe and rebuild the country after the pandemic, says UNISON today (Monday). Unless ministers fix the current funding shortfall – estimated to be in the region of £10bn – there could be tens of thousands of job losses and catastrophic cuts to local services in […]
The government should build on the huge public support shown for the NHS during the pandemic by giving health workers across the UK an early pay rise
Jon Richards says test and trace must improve, teaching assistants mustn’t become substitute teachers and vulnerable pupils should be priority
People around the UK are being urged to celebrate and commemorate health, care and other essential workers this weekend to mark the 72nd birthday of the NHS
June is Pride Month and sees the start of the Pride Season every year. Although things will be very different this year, with all Pride celebrations and parades cancelled or postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is still as important as ever to remember and recognise this time albeit virtually. So why do we […]