Union’s health conference opens with call to arms for difficult days ahead
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The government must find the money to ensure tens of thousands of low-paid cleaners, porters, security guards and catering staff working for private contractors in hospitals across England receive the same pay rise as colleagues employed by the NHS, says UNISON today (Sunday). The lowest paid workers in the NHS were given a £2,000 pay […]

Members employed by private contractor at Liverpool Women’s Hospital take action for NHS rates after 100% vote

Cleaners, porters and security and catering staff to take action next week, after their private employer refused to pay them the nationally agreed NHS pay rates

Ballot of outsourced support staff at Liverpool Women’s Hospital comes as company refuses to pay NHS rates

UNISON started the new year in January as we mean to go on

Crisis level staffing has become normal across the NHS

Speaking at UNISON’s annual Black Members Conference today (Friday) in Llandudno, general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Last the NHS celebrated its 70th anniversary, yet the descendants of those that came from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean to help build it are still facing barriers.

Moves toward industrial action ballot see Manchester hospital’s facility staff welcome in the new year with a pay boost

As 2018 draws to a close we look back on a memorable year with the UK’s biggest union