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• NEC meeting discusses motions for national conference

  09-02-2022 18:41
  
  UNISON’s national executive council met today, in a virtual meeting that looked forward to the union’s national delegate conference (NDC) in the early summer.
  There was extensive discussion around the motions and rule amendments that the council itself will be taking to the June conference, which will be the first physical convening of the union’s ‘parliament’ since the pandemic began.
  And, inevitably, COVID-19 will feature highly when members come together.
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• Further industrial action at Sandwell Leisure Trust

  09-02-2022 18:03
  
  Workers at Portway Lifestyle Centre and Tipton Leisure Centre in the West Midlands will take strike action on Thursday 24 February.
  This follows last month’s strike on 28 January, which received widespread support. UNISON members at Portway were joined by Labour MP John Spellar, local Labour councillors and TUC representatives.
  This action, the sixth, comes as part of a continued fight against fire and rehire tactics used by employer Sandwell Leisure Trust.
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• Children with special needs feeling the brunt of staffing shortages, UNISON survey reveals

  09-02-2022 17:48
  
  Primary school children with special educational needs are not getting the help to which they are entitled, because of support staff and teacher shortages, according to a new UNISON survey.
  This is the most disturbing finding among many in the survey, which was conducted across schools in England in January this year.
  UNISON members are among those attempting to keep things running in the face of the shortages.
  Just over 3,000 members took part in the survey. Around two thirds (65.2%) of the res
  
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• NHS and social care reform ‘doomed’ without staff or funding to deliver, says UNISON 

  09-02-2022 16:04
  
  Commenting on the publication today (Wednesday) of the Integration White Paper by the Department of Health and Social Care, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “This is yet another government policy without substance. Without sufficient staff or investment to deliver them, these reforms are doomed.
  “The NHS and social care are running on fumes because of workforce and funding shortages. Joined-up working won’t happen until ministers sto
  
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• Abandoning Covid isolation rules early goes too far too soon, says UNISON

  09-02-2022 15:33
  
  Responding to the Prime Minister’s announcement today (Wednesday) that self-isolation requirements for people who test positive for Covid in England could end a month earlier than previously planned, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “Everybody wants to get back to normal, but Covid risks haven’t disappeared. ​This is going too far, ​way too soon.
  “Infections are still rife in schools​. Large numbers of pupils ​and staf
  
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