UNISON is campaigning along with 13 other health unions for an early and substantial pay rise for NHS staff across the UK.
When Rishi Sunak announced the long-delayed 2020 Pay Review Body awards for workers in other sectors, he failed to take the opportunity to respond to our call to move NHS pay forward by committing to give health staff a pay rise before the end of the current deals in March 2021.
To make matters worse, when announcing the Comprehensive Spending Review, he talked about the need for future public-sector pay restraint.
UNISON responded robustly in the press and media – repeating our call for the government to turn warm words and applause into the meaningful pay rise the NHS needs as it prepares for an incredibly challenging winter.
We have made it very clear that any attempt to impose further pay restraint will be strongly resisted. In our recent UK-wide survey of NHS members 89% said they would publicly support a campaign against a pay freeze and 81% said they would consider taking other forms of action to protest against it.
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