• Opinion: Why the fight for Waspi pension justice is far from over

    Opinion: Why the fight for Waspi pension justice is far from over
    By UNISON’s senior national equality officer Josie Irwin
    A whole generation of women has been badly let down by politicians.
    Changes to pension law in 1995 and 2011 delayed the state pension age for 1950s-born women by up to six years. Many received information about the change with just one year’s notice. Some received no notification. An estimated 3.8 million women waited up to six years longer to receive the state pension.
    Last Thursday (23 March), the Parliamentary and Health Ser
  • Dudley NHS staff gain Mitie victory

    Dudley NHS staff gain Mitie victory
    More than 300 hospital workers in Dudley represented by UNISON are celebrating victory after their employer, Mitie, committed to paying the lump sum COVID bonus due to them at the end of last week.
    The one-off payment is worth at least £1,655 for full-time health workers, including porters, domestics, sterile services and catering staff working in the NHS.
    Mitie applied for funding for the pay deal from the Department of Health and Social Care and has written to UNISON to say that its appl

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