Healthcare assistant strike postponed as Teesside NHS trusts enter pay talks, says UNISON

​Healthcare assistants were due to walk out for a fifth time with two further days of action next week as part of their campaign to get the correct wage rates and fair back pay

Clare Williams – an open letter to North Tees and Hartlepool and South Tees Hospitals NHS FTs

The letter is requesting urgent talks to resolve the ongoing dispute relating to fair banding and back pay for Health Care Assistants.

Striking NHS staff across Teesside announce five more days of action

UNISON has repeatedly asked the trusts to negotiate a resolution to the dispute but the employers have so far refused to do so

Supreme Court judgment stops bad bosses from punishing striking workers

UNISON’s legal case makes clear employers must not discipline staff for striking

Striking NHS staff across Teesside announce three more days of action, says UNISON

It is the second period of strikes following a 24-hour walkout last month which saw hundreds of staff leave their posts across seven sites operated by the two employers.

Blog: Healthcare assistants are taking a stand over fair pay, a blog post by Clare Williams

Strike action is a last resort and can still be avoided if the Trust do the right thing and give a firm commitment to back-pay eligible staff up to 1 July 2019 as a minimum.

NHS staff across Teesside announce strike date in pay dispute, says UNISON

Around 1,000 healthcare assistants at North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will take strike action next month in a dispute over pay

North East prospective MPs urged to back new national care service, says UNISON

General election candidates from all parties across the North East are being asked to support the creation of a new national care service in England, says UNISON today (Thursday). The union says too many people across the North East cannot access the social care they desperately need because the current system is broken. UNISON wants to see a new service […]

Teesside healthcare staff back strike action in pay row, says UNISON 

Hundreds of healthcare assistants at North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have voted for strike action in a row over pay

LGBT+ History Month and UNISON’s Year of LGBT+ Workers

During February, which is LGBT+ history month your branch could host a LGBT+ history event. We have an amazing UNISON LGBT+ history presentation, that takes us back to our partner unions (COHSE, NALGO and NUPE in case you were wondering) and how they started working for LGBT+ equality in the workplace. It takes you to the formation […]