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• Government’s desperate strike move won’t solve any NHS problems

  06-11-2023 18:49
  
  Commenting on the government’s announcement today (Monday) that minimum service levels will be introduced during ambulance strikes in England, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said:
  “This pointless move won’t solve a single problem in the NHS. But it will create many more difficulties for everyone.
  “Measures are already in place to protect patients during action. Sacking ambulance workers on strike won’t get the millions awaiting hospital treatment any closer
  
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• Thames Water announces it is to consult on axing 300 jobs

  06-11-2023 15:54
  
  Thames Water, the UK’s largest water company, has announced the start of a consultation to remove over 300 roles in order to “reduce costs further and become more efficient”. This could mean over 140 redundancies, and many roles axed through the removal of vacancies.
  As the largest union in the employer, UNISON is raising serious concerns about the proposals – for example, whether sufficient analysis has been done on the impact of the job cuts on workloads and whether the
  
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• Donate to aid efforts in Israel and Gaza

  06-11-2023 10:00
  
  UNISON is horrified by the devastating violence seen in Israel and Gaza in recent weeks.
  General secretary Christina McAnea says: “I know that many UNISON activists are eager to respond to the crisis, so we are encouraging all our branches to support the critical work of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and the Red Cross.
  “UNISON condemns the brutal and heinous attack by Hamas against innocent civilians in Israel, and the indiscriminate bombing and collective punishment of the
  
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• Donate to aid efforts in Gaza and Israel

  06-11-2023 10:00
  
  UNISON is horrified by the devastating violence seen in Israel and Gaza in recent weeks.
  General secretary Christina McAnea says: “I know that many UNISON activists are eager to respond to the crisis, so we are encouraging all our branches to support the critical work of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and the Red Cross.
  “UNISON condemns the brutal and heinous attack by Hamas against innocent civilians in Israel, and the indiscriminate bombing and collective punishment of the
  
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• Blog: Donate to aid efforts in Israel and Gaza

  06-11-2023 10:00
  
  We are all horrified by the devastating violence we have seen in Israel and Gaza in recent weeks. I know that many UNISON activists are eager to respond to the crisis, so we are encouraging all our branches to support the critical work of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and the Red Cross.
  UNISON condemns the brutal and heinous attack by Hamas against innocent civilians in Israel, and the indiscriminate bombing and collective punishment of the people of Gaza. We are calling for a ceasefire, th
  
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• All employers in the NHS must play by the same rules

  06-11-2023 01:01
  
  Commenting on the announcement today (Monday) that staff at some non-NHS organisations will benefit from government funding for the cost of their one-off payments as part of the NHS pay award, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said:“This will ensure a small number of providers aren’t out of pocket for awarding staff what they’re legally owed, but this should have happened months ago.
  “Sadly this won’t stop thousands of contractors and ‘bank’ pr
  
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• All employers in the NHS must play by the same pay rules

  06-11-2023 01:01
  
  Commenting on the announcement today (Monday) that the government is to provide funding so employees of some non-NHS organisations can receive the same one-off payment for last year as directly employed staff, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said:
  “This will ensure a small number of providers aren’t out of pocket for awarding staff what they’re legally owed, but this should have happened months ago.
  “Sadly this won’t stop thousands of
  
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