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• Boosting sick pay during the pandemic would have helped prevent virus spread

  01-12-2023 17:15
  Commenting on evidence from former health and care secretary Matt Hancock to the Covid inquiry about sick pay rates during the pandemic, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said: 
  “It’s a shame Matt Hancock wasn’t as enthusiastic about boosting sick pay when he was in government. 
  “Pitifully low rates meant care staff went into work when they had Covid, simply because they couldn’t afford to stop home and isolate. Increa
  
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• Blog: Taking demands to world leaders at COP28

  01-12-2023 12:33
  
  The UN’s climate change conference, COP28, is under way in Dubai and we’ve sent UNISON’s own observer, NEC member Tony Wright, to the conference. You can read more about his role here.
  Back home in the UK, we’re also preparing to take part in the International Trade Union Confederation’s (ITUC) Global Day of Action. Events are planned in Aberystwyth, Bournemouth, Brighton, Cardiff, Durham, Edinburgh, Leeds, London, Portsmouth and Sheffield.
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