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• Poorest will be hardest hit by lack of government energy plan, says UNISON 

  20-09-2021 18:29
  
  Commenting on the business secretary’s statement on the energy crisis, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said today (Monday): 
  “The government’s lack of an energy plan has made a bad situation much worse. Allowing the market free rein, with multiple energy suppliers fighting for consumers, was always going to end in disaster.
  “Millions of low-income households are feeling the strain of the growing cost of living crisis. Now soaring energy
  
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• So you think you know about climate change?

  20-09-2021 18:05
  
  It’s Green UNISON Week – an opportunity for the whole union to come together and share and discuss all things green and how we as individuals, and all our public services, can fight climate change.
  The week also gives branches and activists the opportunity to build awareness for the big Cop26 conference in November in Glasgow.
  Why not start by taking our survey – in conjunction with Leeds University – and find out how much you know about climate change? It only takes a fe
  
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• Safe staffing and flexibility key factors for future of NHS

  20-09-2021 17:46
  
  Health conference delegates this afternoon considered two key factors that are leading colleagues to leave the NHS, notably the lack of flexible working and safe staffing levels.
  UNISON lay leaders recently presented the Pay Review Body with evidence showing that over a third of staff were currently considering leaving their NHS jobs.
  That’s on top of the thousands of disgruntled health workers who have already done so over the past decade.
  Introducing a composite motion, Stuck in the vici
  
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• Invest in the health workforce and public services to learn pandemic lessons

  20-09-2021 17:15
  
  Proper investment in the NHS workforce and run-down public services, as well as the creation of a national care service, are key to the UK’s pandemic recovery, says UNISON today (Monday).
  In her keynote speech to UNISON’s virtual heath conference this afternoon, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea renewed her call for an immediate public inquiry to hold those accountable for the mistakes, poor decisions and profiteering made during the past 18 months.
  Christina McAnea
  
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• Blog: After everything, a pay cut is the bitterest of blows

  20-09-2021 17:06
  
  UNISON’s health conference, held online today and tomorrow, is an important opportunity for health workers to discuss what’s important to them, and to use our union’s democracy to shape what we do next.
  It’s often our paramedics, nurses, cleaners, porters and healthcare assistants who front up many of our high-profile campaigns in UNISON.
  But whether someone works in a public-facing role or a job behind the scenes, they are part of one team. Because everyone’s job m
  
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• ‘Exhausted and demoralised staff are walking away from healthcare’

  20-09-2021 15:16
  
  UNISON’s virtual health conference opened this morning with a succession of motions aimed at ensuring members’ health and wellbeing as the UK moves forward from the pandemic.
  Ros Norman (pictured above), chair of the health service group executive (HSGE) said: “The consequences of the virus for health care staff was devastating. Everyone of the health care workers who died have left families bereaved, teams in tears and branches who will never ever forget the toll that this vir
  
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• ‘Exhausted and demoralised staff are walking away from health care’

  20-09-2021 15:16
  
  UNISON’s virtual health conference opened this morning with a succession of motions aimed at ensuring members’ health and wellbeing as the UK moves forward from the pandemic.
  Ros Norman (pictured above), chair of the health service group executive (HSGE) said: “The consequences of the virus for health care staff was devastating. Every one of the health care workers who died have left families bereaved, teams in tears and branches who will never ever forget the toll that this vi
  
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• UNISON health members deliver damning verdict on government’s 3% increase 

  20-09-2021 01:01
  
  Health workers in England – angry that rising costs have already wiped out their recent pay rise – have voted to oppose the government over the 3% increase, says UNISON today (Monday).
  Publishing the results of a consultation exercise that ran over the summer, UNISON says the overwhelming majority (80%) of health workers are not happy with the pay rise and want to challenge the government.
  Opposition to the 3% will be the key topic of discussion at UNISON’s virtu
  
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