• Further strikes inevitable unless government holds talks and moves on NHS pay, says UNISON  

    Two further strike days involving ambulance staff working for five services in England are to take place in the new year, says their union UNISON today (Thursday).  
    Ambulance workers belonging to UNISON and employed by services in London, Yorkshire, the North West, North East and South West are to take action over pay and staffing again in January. Staff will be called out on strike on Wednesday 11 and Monday 23 January 2023. 
    This follows a noon to midnight s
  • London calling – a look back at yesterday’s strike in the capital

    Yesterday’s moments strikes across England will be reverberating for weeks to come.
    The extraordinary response from UNISON members – and support from the public – was clear, and you can look back at that on the rolling report we ran throughout the day.
    But today, let’s have a further look at action across London, as photographer Marcus Rose followed UNISON’s general secretary Christina McAnea to three pickets.
    It began at Waterloo, with vast media interest, before c

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