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• Court permits UNISON challenge on law allowing strike-breaking

  16-12-2022 17:28
  The High Court has granted permission for UNISON to bring a legal challenge against the government to protect the right to strike.
  UNISON is challenging government regulations that undermine the right to strike by allowing companies to hire agency workers to cover for those taking industrial action. The union argues that this is unlawful and violates fundamental trade union rights.
  Describing the regulations as “impractical and dangerous”, UNISON director of legal services Adam Creme
  
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• UNISON secures £29m in personal injury settlements for members

  16-12-2022 16:23
  UNISON has secured a huge £29m in compensation for members and members’ families this year, settling just under 2,000 claims between November 2021 and November 2022. This is an increase on the £27m won on behalf of members last year.
  The vast majority of these cases were work-related personal injury claims, involving accidents and injuries such as assaults at work, manual handling claims, trips and falls and needlestick injuries.
  Legal officer Helen Buczynsky, who coordinates t
  
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• Archbishops must honour real living wage pledge for church school staff, says UNISON  

  16-12-2022 01:01
  Staff in church schools face a bleak Christmas unless archbishops act urgently on pay, says UNISON today (Friday). 
  The union has written to the heads of the Church of England and Catholic Church urging them to honour their promises to pay the real living wage to all staff in more than 6,800 church schools in England and Wales.
  The letters to the Archbishops of Canterbury, York and Westminster warn that thousands of these employees face “d
  
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