The support staff have been campaigning since 2023 to be regraded to a higher wage band of the NHS Agenda for Change salary scale that better reflects a change in their responsibilities.
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The NHS workers have been campaigning since 2023 to be regraded to the next band of the NHS Agenda for Change salary scale.
More than nine in ten nurses and midwives have experienced physical violence while doing their jobs, according to data released by UNISON and Nursing Times today
Newcastle City Council has pledged to tackle race discrimination and promote equality by signing UNISON’s anti-racism charter.
The South Tyneside and Sunderland health workers had also campaigned for months to be given fair back pay for the work they had already undertaken.
Workers across the north east are being urged to wear red this Friday in support of local anti-racism education charity Show Racism the Red Card, by union UNISON. Show Racism the Red Card will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Wear Red Day to raise funds to support its anti-racism education work across the region, adds UNISON. […]
Local authorities in the North East could be forced to sell land, buildings and other capital assets, as well as cut back vital community services
Hundreds of healthcare assistants are to receive a substantial wage rise and back pay after their campaign to achieve fair pay brought the employers to the negotiating table
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
The letter is requesting urgent talks to resolve the ongoing dispute relating to fair banding and back pay for Health Care Assistants.