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• NHS pay process needs fundamental reset, says UNISON

  13-06-2023 18:11
  
  Commenting on the health secretary’s announcement today (Tuesday) that there’s to be a re-assessment of the NHS pay review body process*, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “Without fundamental change, the government risks sleepwalking into a disastrous repeat of the shambolic way ministers handled the two most recent pay rounds.
  “The pay review body belongs to a different time. It exists in a vacuum, and that no longer works. A more relevant, modern app
  
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• Supporting lower paid women in UNISON

  13-06-2023 16:59
  
  UNISON’s 2023 national delegate conference opened with a motion on increasing participation of lower paid women within the union.
  The motion was introduced by Sharon Foster, on behalf of the national women’s committee. Ms Foster said: “Let’s face it. Sometimes women need a little bit of encouragement to step into the limelight and get more active in UNISON.”
  “Most women are trapped in casualised, low paid work, and in-work poverty remains a consistent problem.
  
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• ‘Activists are the lifeblood of our union,’ says Andrea Egan

  13-06-2023 16:35
  
  Today, UNISON president Andrea Egan opened the union’s 2023 national delegate conference in Liverpool with a speech to members.Referencing her roots as a Bolton woman, she said “I’m very proud to offer you a warm welcome here to the North West, the biggest of our union’s regions.
  “Having been active in my branch for over 30 years, I’ve always been grateful to UNISON for the platform it has given me to fight for our members and within our community.”
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• Food Standards Agency workers call for fair pay

  13-06-2023 12:32
  
  Workers who play a critical role in making sure our food is safe to eat are undervalued and overworked, delegates at UNISON’s local government conference were told.
  Meat hygiene inspector and UNISON member John Rowlands said: “Our pay is under attack. For the last 13 years, we’ve had meagre pay rises”.
  Another delegate, who inspects chickens, added: “I can no longer afford life’s basics, let alone life’s luxuries”.
  As well as fighting for fairer pa
  
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• Care workers take centre stage at local government conference

  13-06-2023 12:08
  
  The final afternoon of the UNISON’s 2023 local government conference saw several motions on social care passed.
  The session, chaired by UNISON president Andrea Egan, kicked off with a motion on a national care service.
  Tony Barnsley, introducing the motion on behalf of the NJC local government committee, said: “The pandemic shone a light on social care for a lot of people in this country.
  “On the one hand, we saw minimum-waged heroes putting themselves on the frontline, to care
  
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• ‘Save local services before it’s too late’ says conference

  13-06-2023 10:55
  
  Speakers at UNISON’s local government conference spoke passionately about the effects of cuts to essential public services and the need for action to save these services from decimation.
  “Nearly three million people used food banks last year, while the rich are getting richer. We need a government willing to tax the rich to fund public services. We need a party that is unashamedly for the working class,” said one delegate.
  According to UNISON research, councils across the UK ar
  
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• A message of solidarity from trade unionists in Turkey

  13-06-2023 10:16
  
  On the second day of UNISON’s local government conference, long-term friend of the union and trade union leader Mehmet Bozgeyik (pictured above, right) addressed delegates with a powerful speech.
  Mr Bozgeyik is co-president of the confederation of public employees’ trade unions (KESK), Turkey.
  Opening his speech, Mr Bozgeyik thanked UNISON members for their ongoing support for trade union members facing different forms of harassment in Turkey, which he described as an ‘aut
  
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• A message of solidarity from trade unionists in Türkiye

  13-06-2023 10:16
  
  On the second day of UNISON’s local government conference, long-term friend of the union and trade union leader Mehmet Bozgeyik (pictured above, right) addressed delegates with a powerful speech.
  Mr Bozgeyik is co-president of the confederation of public employees’ trade unions (KESK), Türkiye.
  Opening his speech, Mr Bozgeyik thanked UNISON members for their ongoing support for trade union members facing different forms of harassment in Türkiye, which he described as a
  
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