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• Retained EU Law Bill: UNISON gives expert evidence in Parliament

  08-11-2022 18:01
  In its rush to finalise Brexit, the government plans to axe over 2,400 laws by the end of next year – all because they originated in the EU. Today UNISON, which represents over 1.3 million workers in the UK, gave expert evidence to Parliament on the devastating impact this will have on basic workers’ protections.
  The controversial Retained EU Law Bill, introduced by Jacob Rees-Mogg, has set a fast-moving conveyor belt in motion, which will see all protections for workers and UK citiz
  
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• Blog: It is within their power to give NHS workers the pay they deserve

  08-11-2022 14:15
  UNISON is now into the second full week of our NHS pay strike ballot in England, Cymru Wales and Northern Ireland. We’re still pressing ahead with encouraging as many members as possible to vote and return their ballot papers.
  The £1,400 pay award for NHS England and Cymru Wales is a real-terms pay cut for the majority of staff, and staff in Northern Ireland have been given no pay rise at all because of the political paralysis in Stormont.
  Our activists and organisers have been speak
  
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• UNISON’s first general secretary has died, aged 88

  08-11-2022 13:58
  Alan Jinkinson, the first general secretary of UNISON, has died at the age of 88. Born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, on 27 February 1935, he had previously been the general secretary of NALGO, from 1990 to 1993, when it merged with NUPE and COHSE to become UNISON.
  He played a key role in the formation of UNISON and was always proud to serve as the union’s first general secretary from vesting day in July 1993.
  A life-long servant to the labour and trade union movement, he worked in many ro
  
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• UNISON’s reserved (low pay) seat threshold for 2023

  08-11-2022 12:07
  UNISON’s principles of proportionality and fair representation mean that some seats on elected bodies are reserved for women and low-paid members, so that the make-up fairly represents the wider union. This includes the national executive council (NEC).
  The definition of low-paid reflects the median gross weekly earnings for all jobs – full time or part time – and is revised each year.
  The median gross weekly earnings figure for 2022 has been calculated in the Annual
  
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