Christina McAnea, smiling and have a cuppa =as she chats with members at Deptford

Blog: Government inaction just leads to more action

The pay crisis that our members are dealing with won’t go away if the government sticks to their current game-plan of ignoring workers and their unions

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Sara Gorton with pickets in Wakefield

Strikes are serious in Yorkshire

… as UNISON head of health Sara Gorton knows, but there is also always time for a laugh

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
Unison members out on strike at Eccles Ambulance Station, Eccles, Manchester,

Proud to be in a union – striking in the North West

From Manchester to Merseyside, UNISON members took to the picket lines again on a third day of action in the NHS

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Portrait of Christina McAnea

Blog: Why won’t the chancellor resolve the NHS strike?

Jeremy Hunt knows knows what’s needed, so why isn’t he acting?

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Ambulance emergency workers picket at 220 Waterloo Road

Five ways that you can support Monday’s NHS strikers

Want to support our NHS strikers? Below are five ways you can show your solidarity with UNISON members on picket lines next week

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
Picket line at Waterloo ambulance station with UNISON head of health Sara Gorton

The streets of London – pictures from the picket lines

On Wednesday’s day of industrial action in the ambulance service, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton toured pickets throughout the capital

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Unison General Secretary, Christina McAnea, visits picket lines at Ambulance stations across Yorkshire, in support of striking Ambulance and support crews. Photo shows the Longley Ambulance Station, Sheffield.

Christina McAnea tours pickets on second NHS strike day

The general secretary visited picket lines across Yorkshire and the North East yesterday to show support and solidarity for UNISON’s ambulance workers on strike

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Ambulance picket in Bristol with UNISON flag

Through sun and rain – on the picket lines in Bristol

A chance to look back at a day on the picket lines in the South West

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Christina McAnea with pickets in York – including a baby

#PutNHSpayright – all the news with our rolling report

Check back throughout the day to see what’s happening around the regions as strikes begin across the ambulance service in England

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Pickets around a brazier, with an ambulance in the background, in December NHS strike, at Edmonton, London

I’m a paramedic – here’s why I’m striking

‘We’re doing it out of necessity: not just for ourselves, but for the future of the NHS’

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