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Gray report makes sickening reading and shows betrayal of public trust, says UNISON

25-05-2022 18:41

Responding to the findings of the Sue Gray report into Downing Street parties released today (Wednesday), UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
“The Prime Minister and his mates partied while NHS and public sector staff put their lives on the line to keep the country going. They’ll rightly be sickened by Sue Gray’s findings.
“People obeyed the rules and expected others would do the same to stop the virus. The Prime Minister and his team betrayed the nation&rsquo

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UNISON vows to keep up the pressure on cost of living crisis

25-05-2022 18:14

The cost of living crisis, the 18 June TUC-organised demonstration in response to it and the continuing ‘partygate’ shame of the Westminster government dominated discussions at UNISON’s NEC today.
Taking place on the day Sue Gray’s report was published, NEC members repeatedly highlighted the contrast between the sacrifices and dedication of public service workers and the disgraceful attitude and behaviour of the Conservative government.
But it was the ongoing cost of livi

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UNISON and Labour highlight the importance of school support staff

25-05-2022 15:13

UNISON and the shadow education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, have today released a joint statement at the union’s school support staff seminar.
The statement highlights the vital role that school support staff have played during the pandemic, the woeful response of the government to the cost of living crisis, and reinforced UNISON and Labour’s belief that school support staff need to be ‘front and centre of the future school system’.
Ms Phillipson, who gave the key-note

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Put NHS pay right to stop NHS staff quitting amid cost-of-living ‘apocalypse’, says UNISON

25-05-2022 01:01

UNISON has today (Wednesday) written to Sajid Javid urging significant action on pay to stop the exodus of health service staff as they face ‘a cost-of-living apocalypse’.
The union warns that the NHS workforce is in crisis and the consequence of more employees quitting will be “longer ambulance queues outside hospitals, ever-increasing waiting lists and people who are in desperate need of treatment getting sicker”.
This worsening scenario is

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