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Month: July 2017

UNISON legal victory sees employment tribunal fees scrapped

07/26/2017 admin

Supreme Court verdict follows four-year fight by union and is a victory for everyone in work Employment tribunal fees will be scrapped after UNISON won a landmark court victory against the government this morning. The […]

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’It’s the workplace that needs to change, not the person’

07/13/201707/14/2017 admin

Conference pledges action to tackle growing problem of mental health issues for local government workers facing pressures driven by austerity, cuts and growing demand for the services they provide “Workplace mental ill health is a […]

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Government’s refusal to end the pay cap is an insult to public sector workers, says UNISON

07/13/201707/14/2017 admin

Responding to the government’s decision to reject a Labour Party amendment to end the one per cent public sector pay cap, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “The government’s rejection of the proposals to end […]

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Conference pledges mental health support for members

07/13/201707/14/2017 admin

We should all be mental health champions, delegates hear as they call for expansion of programme started by Cymru/Wales “Lots of people don’t use mental health services until they are very ill because they are […]

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Jeremy Corbyn: “My thanks to everybody from UNISON for all that you did”

07/13/201707/14/2017 admin

The full text of Jeremy Corbyn’s speech to UNISON’s national delegate conference on 23 June 2017 This is the full text of the speech Jeremy Corbyn gave to UNISON’s national delegate conference on Friday. “Thank […]

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Equalities Forum in the Community and Voluntary Organisation Branch .

07/13/201708/01/2017 admin
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Mencap to pay care workers minimum wage for sleep-ins

07/04/201707/17/2017 admin

Mencap has agreed to pay care workers above the national minimum wage for sleep-ins, following a successful campaign by UNISON. The charity has been in dispute with UNISON over its failure to pay care staff […]

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Dyslexia – what does it mean and how can you help?

07/04/201707/17/2017 admin

UNISON has launched a new online training module to help union members and activists support colleagues who have, or suspect they have, dyslexia and to better understand the condition. It is a short, informal module, […]

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UNISON vows to build care campaign

07/04/201707/17/2017 admin

“Not a week goes by when there isn’t a mention of the crisis in social care,” Andrea Egan of the service group executive declared as UNISON’s local government conference turned its attention to a series […]

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