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• The right to strike must be protected in the new crime bill

  11-11-2021 17:42
  
  UNISON is fighting to protect the right to strike as the controversial new Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts bill reaches its crucial debate stage in the House of Lords this Monday (15 November).
  The bill spans a wide range of areas and would introduce legislation on several issues that UNISON has long campaigned on and would support, such as defending frontline public sector workers from attack.
  However, the bill also contains two clauses (55 and 56) which redefine the conditions in which po
  
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• Long ambulance delays causing distress for patients and staff

  11-11-2021 13:03
  
  Commenting on data published today (Thursday) by NHS England showing that NHS waiting lists are at a record high and targets for 999 response times are being missed, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said:
  “The NHS has been experiencing winter-style pressures for months now. There are real fears that staff and services will be unable to cope as demand inevitably increases.
  “Lengthy delays are causing much distress to ambulance crews and control room staff. They can’t respo
  
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• The old climate certainties ‘aren’t certain any more’

  11-11-2021 09:49
  
  The United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) has put climate justice at the centre of the news agenda for a fortnight, but for UNISON members working at the Environment Agency, adapting to climate changes in the UK is part of their job, every single day.
  Jackie Hamer is a senior environment officer at the Environment Agency, where she’s worked for 30 years. Over this time, she has seen how conversations on climate change have rapidly evolved.
  “When I first started doing this job, pe
  
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