UNISON has shown the true value of union membership through the campaigning and representation of our members. Last year we celebrated 25 years of UNISON and we announced that not only are we the biggest public sector trade union – but the biggest overall union in the UK.
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Over a million hospital porters, 999 call handlers, healthcare assistants, nurses, midwives and other NHS staff across England are being offered long overdue pay rises of between 6.5 and 29% over the next three years, say health unions today (Wednesday). Under the proposed agreement – reached after months of negotiation between the unions, NHS employers and the government – hospital […]
UNISON Northern has welcomed the prospect of further legal action from a Local Authority over the future provision of Fertility Services at Hartlepool Hospital in light of what it considers to be ‘questionable circumstances’ over the discontinuation of licensed IVF treatment in the town. Mike Hill, UNISON Regional Organiser, said: ‘As Hartlepool’s MP, Ian Wright […]
This week one of our members Angela McPhee will be taking over the NHS twitter page. Angela hopes to highlight the work of an Operating Department Practitioner (ODP).