by Staffordshire UNISON | Feb 22, 2021 | News
Porters at Heartlands Hospital are fighting for workplace justice. These low-paid workers are literally risking their lives in the pandemic while well-paid hospital bosses want to fire and rehire them on worse terms and conditions to introduce new rotas that will...
by Staffordshire UNISON | Feb 17, 2021 | News
Making the case for investment in public services, for protecting jobs and securing pay rises for our members invariably comes down to an argument for high and consistent levels of government spending across the UK. As many UNISON members will know, the austerity of...
by Staffordshire UNISON | Feb 17, 2021 | News
“UNISON and other local government unions have now submitted the following pay claim for 2021 to the Local Government Association. This is the body representing local authority employers in pay negotiations with trade unions. 2021 Pay Claim Calling for a substantial...
by Staffordshire UNISON | Feb 17, 2021 | News
Local councils have a huge funding gap – estimated at £10 billion in England, £1 billion in Scotland and £279 million in Wales. UNISON’s Save Our Services campaign has been fighting to get councils the emergency funding they need, and for more funding for...
by Staffordshire UNISON | Feb 16, 2021 | News
Jon Richards, UNISON Head of Local Government told the Staffordshire UNISON Branch: In a stunning setback for the Westminster government, it has had to abandon the law commonly known as the Exit Cap Regulations, which it only introduced on 4 November last year. In the...