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• Conference highlights impact of COVID on Black health workers

  04-09-2024 15:05
  
  UNISON and the TUC held a joint conference yesterday evening to explore the experience of Black health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Held at Doughty Street Chambers – a barristers’ chambers particularly known for its work on human rights and civil liberties – the aim of the event was to discuss the current UK-wide public inquiry into the pandemic and to ensure that the experience of Black workers in the healthcare sector is heard and acted upon.
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• Action on Grenfell recommendations needed immediately

  04-09-2024 13:00
  
  Commenting on the report of the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire published today (Wednesday), UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “No words can ever fully capture the horror of that night and the years of pain for everyone touched by the tragedy.
  “This report, and the harrowing testimony it contains, makes for excruciating reading. It shows the awful cost of slashing public services and cutting corners.
  “Lessons need to be learned immediately and that means remo
  
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• Local government employers must improve pay offer to avoid strike threat

  04-09-2024 01:27
  
  More than 360,000 council and school support staff across England and Wales will begin voting today (Wednesday) on whether to take strike action over pay, says UNISON.
  The 2024/25 flat rate pay offer of £1,290 from local government employers falls short of what council employees need and has also been superseded by the deals achieved by some other public sector workers, says the union.
  This year’s pay deal was due from April, but the disappoint
  
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