Cambridgeshire Constabulary UNISON has wished branch chair Mish Edwards a happy retirement, though it’s come sooner than she wished. She’s been a trade union activist most of her working life. For the last nine years as a steward at Cambs Police. “I am passing on the baton and retiring,” Mish explains. “Sadly, it’s seven months […]
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UNISON Eastern’s Sam Hemraj and Kelvin Imoloame proudly represented the region in Downing Street this month. The pair were among 200 public service workers invited to No 10 so Prime Minister Kier Starmer could pay his tributes to the work they and their colleagues do. Kelvin, a support worker in social care and the vice-chair […]
The Norfolk and Norwich Hospital celebrated its first Pride event this week. The LGBT+ self-organised group’s Sophie Slater reports
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is planning on making nearly 150 staff redundant in response to government spending cuts, UNISON says today. The threatened staff play a vital role in the smooth running of the trust, which operates Addenbrooke’s and Rosie hospitals, says the union. They include administrators, booking co-ordinators, project managers, clinical educators, […]
Striking mental health workers from Norfolk and Waveney Mind are heading to Parliament next week to talk to MPs about why they’ve been forced to walk out, says UNISON today. Counsellors who provide talking therapy services for patients with long-term or complicated mental health problems are on strike on Wednesday 25 June in a dispute […]
Peter Oates talks about the journey he’s been on to become UNISON Eastern equalities activist of the year
UNISON Eastern young activist of the year Kelvin Imoloame on why he’s involved with the union
Migrant workers make an essential contribution in Britain, economically and socially. But their experiences of living and working here are often far from positive. At the One Weekend, attendees were honoured to hear from Remi Diagbare and Chiedozie Daniel Onyeamah about the experiences faced by migrant workers alongside MP Matt Turmaine. Remi shared part of […]
One Weekend 2025 once again hosted our regional award night – a chance to take stock of all we’ve done over the year and celebrate the amazing things we’ve achieved. There’s no such thing as a quiet year in UNISON Eastern, but the last 12 months were something else. It meant the lay members on […]
UNISON health workers in Norfolk have been pushing local Labour MPs to fix NHS pay and get the government to start negotiating with unions. South Norfolk MP Ben Goldsborough met officers from Norfolk and Norwich Acute Hospitals and East of England Ambulance Service branches at the end of March and agreed to raise the issues […]
UNISON activists in Peterborough launched what they hope will be an annual commemoration of International Workers Memorial Day in the city on Monday. Trade unionists, politicians and locals gathered outside Peterborough Town Hall for the event, with Peterborough City Council turning street lights purple for the occasion, matching the colour of ribbons worn to mark […]
UNISON Eastern is sad to goodbye today to Tracy Lavery, one of the reps who fought tireless to stop outsourcing at Colchester Hospital. A housekeeper for the last 18 years, she became a leading and much-loved figure in the Colchester and Ipswich Area Health branch, dedicating her last year to her UNISON colleagues and the […]
Peterborough City Hospital still “requires improvement,” the Care Quality Commission (CQC) says in a report published today. Inspectors carried out unannounced inspections in July 2024 in response to concerns about emergency and medical care. The report re-rated urgent and emergency care and safe and responsive as requires improvement. Well-led improved from requires improvement to good. […]
Phlebotomists in East and North Herts hospitals have won a £2,000 a year pay rise, after successfully arguing that their jobs should be upbanded. The workers, who collect blood samples from patients at the Lister, New QEII and Hertford County hospitals, as well as local GP practices, came together in UNISON to move up to […]
Essex Police should use extra government funding announced today to prevent the loss of its remaining police community support officers (PCSOs), says UNISON. All 99 PCSOs and 65 other police support staff were threatened with redundancy earlier this week, with the force saying it didn’t have enough funding from government. Cuts would pile pressure on […]