Refuse workers in Harlow will vote on strike action after rejecting a pay offer that fails to keep up with the rising cost of living, UNISON announces today. The union has told contractor Veolia that workers at the Mead Park depot will start voting on industrial action unless the firm commits to come to the […]
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Every day, public service workers go above and beyond to support and protect our communities. But when accidents happen and workers face employment issues, there needs to be legal protection for those who protect. That’s why UNISON members and their families have access to free legal advice and representation from the UK’s leading lawyers for […]
The One UNISON Weekend isn’t just corking courses or wondrous workshops, it’s also our annual celebration of the activists who make UNISON Eastern region great. Every year we dish out awards recognising those branches and activists who have gone the extra mile for public service workers. All nominations were fiercely debated by the region’s finance, […]
Nursery staff are “devastated” at the decision to close Little Pirates and Neptune nurseries, UNISON says today. Staff were told they would likely lose their jobs at meeting on Tuesday night after Thurrock Council said it could no longer afford to provide the services directly and had failed to find a new private provider. Thurrock […]
Social care workers in Suffolk are taking their campaign for fair pay straight to county councillors on Thursday with a rally outside council headquarters. Union UNISON has organised the demonstration to persuade councillors to support a motion recognising the vital work of social care staff. The motion, proposed by Labour’s Sandy Martin, calls on Suffolk […]
Inspire Education Group (IEG) has become the first further education provider in the country to sign up to a new Anti-Racism Charter from trade union UNISON. IEG, home to Peterborough College, Stamford College and University Centre Peterborough, signed the charter today, committing the organisation and its leaders to a range of pledges designed to prevent […]
UNISON has hit back at a Tory MP’s claim that Cambridgeshire County Council staff have failed to return to the office and should “go back to work.” Lancashire MP Jake Berry made the comments following a now-deleted Daily Telegraph article suggesting newly built New Shire Hall in Alconbury was practically empty and had just three […]
UNISON Eastern’s retired members’ committee is pleased to launch a brand new pocket book to guide public service workers through retirement — and explain why they should stay in UNISON. The booklet was drawn up by a small working party at the suggestion of UNISON Essex retired members’ secretary John Abrehart and laid out by […]
With ambulance staff facing an unprecedented crisis, EEAS UNISON branch chair Glenn Carrington was invited on to the BBC’s PM programme to explain how workers are coping. "It's terrible. We're on our knees, it's absolutely terrible." Listen to @UnisonEEAS chair Glenn explain what's happening to the ambulance service on the PM programme. pic.twitter.com/HrCrgwbyXI — UNISON […]
Hospitals in Mid and South Essex must open up and start talking if they are going to turn around “abysmal” staff satisfaction levels, UNISON warns today. The official 2021 NHS Staff Survey revealed that the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT) was below average in every single category of workforce satisfaction. Just 24% […]
Talk to your colleagues about why they should join UNISON during our regional organising and recruiting week, says regional secretary Tim Roberts
NHS staff from across the East of England are protesting outside Colchester Hospital today on the day that NHS staff should have received a pay rise. Government delays mean that nurses, porters, healthcare assistants and other NHS employees in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will not get a wage increase until May at the earliest. […]
UNISON has welcomed Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s decision to provide key workers with access to clap-fuelled cars to beat rising fuel prices. The chancellor said that the new automobiles, which will run on claps and good will alone, will be made available to all NHS staff and workers in social care. Mr Sunak said: “We’re delighted […]
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) has pledged support to tackle all forms of racism after signing UNISON’s anti-racism charter today. As part of UN Anti-Racism Day, which took place last week, EPUT today signed the trade union’s charter which commits the organisation and its leaders to a range of pledges designed to prevent […]
We meet Claire Wormald, chair of the the regional education and training committee and branch secretary of Southend on Sea Borough Council UNISON, on full-time release from her role as a youth worker. “Youth workers in short are educators,” says Claire, “encouraging critical thinking to challenge the myths sold by the ruling class, such as […]