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Five UNISON members on an OCS picket line, with UNISON flags and banner reading: 'Claps don't pay the bills – key workers demand fair pay'.
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OCS workers secure major victory after 26 days of strike action

The outsourced workers have won a pay rise of over 14%, an extra week’s leave and the same sick pay as their directly-employed NHS colleagues

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
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Green box with purple outline, tilted at a slight angle on a white background in the left half of the rectangle. Words 'vote yes for the NHS' in purple and white. Background is white, with UNISON logo at top right and nhspay.org in green at bottom right
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Blog: Vote ‘yes’ for your futures and the future of our NHS

The current health secretary says nurses can like it or lump it on the below-inflation pay offer, but that’s not good enough. NHS staff – and the service itself – need much better

General Secretary, General Secretary's blog, News on the UNISON National site.
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Ministers should be ashamed that NHS staff are having to use food banks, says UNISON

Some health employees are now so hard up, they can’t survive without help from their employers.

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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Fee rise for stretched NHS workers is unfair and misjudged, says UNISON

Compulsory annual registration fee could rise from £98.12 to £117.74.

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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UNISON comments on NHS Confederation’s call for better funding for social care

For too long, the government has ignored pay and staffing.

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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Boosting funding and pay are the best ways to fix NHS staffing

Government needs long-term solution to staff crisis

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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Christina McAnea
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Blog: I urge members to make sure they have their say on pay

Scottish health members, together with those working for the Environment Agency, both provide vital services, which need to be properly funded

General Secretary, General Secretary's blog, News on the UNISON National site.
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Government must take responsibility for the NHS and social care workforce crisis, says UNISON  

The government’s had years to improve the workforce situation but has done little.

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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Underfunded adult social care will continue to lose staff unless ministers act, says UNISON

Nothing short of a complete overhaul of the care sector will do.

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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Health workers in Lancashire strike in dispute over lack of sick pay and unsocial hours payments

OCS workers do the same jobs as many NHS colleagues but they miss out on sick pay when they’re ill, are paid less when they work unsocial hours

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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