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• UNISON delivers pay petition to Downing Street

  15-11-2022 19:57
  Today UNISON members joined the union’s general secretary Christina McAnea to deliver a petition signed by 182,290 people, demanding the government ends the pay crisis by raising the minimum wage to £15 an hour.
  Gathering on the steps of Downing Street at 6pm, five UNISON members delivered the petition on behalf of the union.The text read: “When pay rises by less than our bills, we’re all getting poorer. But rising prices don’t have to push people into poverty. It&r
  
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• UNISON attends trade unionist trial in Turkey

  15-11-2022 15:30
  Last month, UNISON representatives attended the trial of former union leader and friend of the union, Gonul Erden. 
  Ms Erden, alongside several colleagues, is facing charges of ‘terrorism’ for her trade union work when she was co-president of SES, the public health and services union in Turkey. 
  Eight current and former leading members of SES, including Ms Erden, were arrested in May 2021, when police raided their homes. Five members are accused of leading a terrorist organ
  
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• Winter warning as Environment Agency staff vote for strike, says UNISON

  15-11-2022 15:08
  Environment Agency staff have voted overwhelmingly to strike over pay for the first time in the organisation’s 26-year history, says UNISON today (Tuesday).
  In the strike vote, 72% of the 2,800 Agency staff balloted by the union across England, including river inspectors, flood forecasting officers, coastal risk management officers and sewage plant attendants, voted to take action.
  Earlier in the year staff, who also work on the Thames Barrier, maintain coastal defences, and manage th
  
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• Public sector wage slump matters to us all, says UNISON

  15-11-2022 14:00
  Commenting on the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics showing wages in the private sector grew by 6.6% in the year to September, but those in the public sector by just 2.2%, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “Workers everywhere are struggling to make their wages go far enough. But the huge inflation hit is being felt the hardest across the UK’s public services.
  “Lower pay is driving experienced staff away fr
  
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• Act on pay and help the NHS, staff and patients, say health unions

  15-11-2022 13:15
  Unions representing more than a million staff working across the NHS have today (Tuesday) met with health secretary Steve Barclay to discuss the growing workforce crisis.
  At the Westminster meeting this morning, the unions made clear that without urgent government action on wages, experienced health workers would continue to quit their jobs, and the NHS struggle to attract new staff in sufficient numbers.
  Unions told the secretary of state that patient waits for treatment would ca
  
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• UNISON demands Rishi Sunak guarantee workers’ protections in EU law bill

  15-11-2022 11:22
  UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea has written to prime minister Rishi Sunak to express the union’s concerns about the Retained EU Law Bill, and seek assurances on core workers’ protections.
  The bill creates a countdown to the expiry of vital protections in the workplace by 31 December 2023, which will remove 3,800 pieces of EU-derived legislation in one fell swoop.
  Ms McAnea accuses the government of placing “ideological principles above the lived, practical needs of th
  
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