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• UNISON women pass emergency motion on Gaza

  16-02-2024 17:05
  
  On the second day of UNISON’s women’s conference, delegates passed an emergency motion on solidarity with women in Gaza.
  The motion calls on the union to condemn the recent statement made by Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir that the Israeli army must shoot anyone approaching the border, including women and children.
  In a cabinet meeting earlier this week, he said: “We cannot have women and children getting close to the border … anyone who gets near must
  
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• Christina McAnea lauds women who helped win NI peace

  16-02-2024 16:34
  
  General secretary Christina McAnea was met with a standing ovation after she delivered the keynote speech on the second day of UNISON’s 2024 women’s conference in Brighton.
  Smiling as she greeted the hall of delegates, Ms McAnea gave a tribute to the first female regional secretary of UNISON, Inez McCormack.
  Ms McAnea described how she was in her early twenties when she first heard Ms McCormack speak at a trade union conference, saying that Ms McCormack – then Northern Ireland&
  
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• Yoga instructors pose a strike problem for unbending council

  16-02-2024 15:27
  
  Yoga, Pilates and aerobics instructors employed by Colchester City Council are to take strike action later this month after nearly a decade without a pay rise, UNISON announced today.The fitness instructors will walk out for seven days from Wednesday 28 February until Tuesday 5 March. Although the Leisure World and Northern Gateway Leisure Park trainers are directly employed by the council, they are not part of the same pay scheme as other staff.UNISON says unbending bosses a
  
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• ‘As a woman, my rights are not reduced by my LGBT+ comrades’

  16-02-2024 13:25
  
  The first day of UNISON’s women’s conference, chaired by Sharon Foster, passed several motions relating to LGBT+ rights, flexible working and female representation in the union.
  The day began with an impassioned speech from the union’s president Libby Nolan, who paid particular reference to Labour’s new deal for workers and the ongoing crisis in Palestine, describing it as a ‘war on women’.
  First, Ms Nolan said she was “determined that 2024, the year of
  
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• UNISON urges Ofgem to act on customer bills

  16-02-2024 13:01
  
  Britain’s energy regulator Ofgem must act to lower customer bills and secure a just transition for energy workers, following record rises in energy company profits, UNISON said today.
  The union is calling on the regulator to intervene and reduce high energy prices for consumers. It said that the scale of energy company profits is indicative of an imbalance in the market, and immediate action must be taken to rectify the situation.
  UNISON national secretary for energy Donna Rowe-Merriman sa
  
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• Government must double maternity pay so mothers can afford to eat and heat their homes, say UNISON and Maternity Action

  16-02-2024 01:01
  
  The government must increase statutory maternity pay to £364.70 a week so new mothers are not forced back to work too early, say UNISON and Maternity Action today (Friday).
  Both organisations are concerned some women are cutting short their maternity leave, skipping meals and making other drastic choices because they cannot afford to live on the current statutory weekly amount of £172.48*.
  UNISON and Maternity Action are urg
  
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• Government must double maternity pay so mothers can afford to eat and heat homes, says UNISON

  16-02-2024 01:01
  
  The government must increase statutory maternity pay to £364.70 a week so new mothers are not forced back to work too early, say UNISON and Maternity Action today (Friday).
  Both organisations are concerned some women are cutting short their maternity leave, skipping meals and making other drastic choices because they cannot afford to live on the current statutory weekly amount of £172.48*.
  UNISON and Maternity Action are urg
  
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• Government must double maternity pay so mothers can afford to eat and heat homes

  16-02-2024 01:01
  
  The government must increase statutory maternity pay to £364.70 a week so new mothers are not forced back to work too early, say UNISON and Maternity Action today (Friday).
  Both organisations are concerned some women are cutting short their maternity leave, skipping meals and making other drastic choices because they cannot afford to live on the current statutory weekly amount of £172.48*.
  UNISON and Maternity Action are urg
  
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