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Unions join forces for Environment Agency strike next week

31-01-2023 15:59

Thousands of Environment Agency employees belonging to UNISON and Prospect are to take strike action next week in the growing dispute about pay, say the unions today (Tuesday).
Staff working in river inspection, flood forecasting, coastal risk management and pollution control will stage a 12-hour strike on Wednesday (8 February) starting at 7am.
In addition, for 12 hours either side of the walkout, Environment Agency employees will escalate their ongoing work to rule by withdrawing from inc

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Digging in won’t solve pay dispute, nor get the NHS back on its feet

31-01-2023 13:38

The NHS won’t be able to deliver the speedier response times and better care the government is promising until ministers try harder to end the growing dispute about pay and staffing, says UNISON today (Tuesday).
Later today the health secretary will be asked about the government’s handling of the NHS dispute by MPs on the health and social care select committee, just as UNISON announces its fourth day of strike action on Friday 10 February.
This morning, NHS pay review body chair Phi

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Insourcing win at Barnet council

31-01-2023 12:49

330 staff at Barnet council are due to be transferred back to council employment thanks to a decade-long campaign by UNISON.
The affected workers are currently employed by outsourcing multinational conglomerate, Capita are being brought back in house after a decade-long battle, which was used as a test case for the outsourcing of local government services.
The staff who work under a joint venture called ‘Capita Re’ in a variety of areas like trading standards, environmental health, p

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Local government and school staff deserve inflation-busting pay rise, say unions

31-01-2023 11:52

Three local government unions, representing 1.4 million council and school employees in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, have today (Tuesday) submitted a pay claim that calls for an above-inflation wage rise.UNISON, GMB and Unite say a significant pay award is vital after years of local authority spending cuts and pay restraint.The claim, which would apply from the start of April, is for council employees to receive a wage rise of 12.7%*.
Council employees – including refuse collectors

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