East of England ambulance staff will strike next month in their first day of action in the spiralling dispute over NHS pay, says UNISON Eastern today. The union says the strike on Wednesday 8 March is a serious escalation of the dispute and a direct result of the government’s failure to hold proper pay talks […]
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The growing NHS dispute over pay and staffing will now cover ambulance staff across the East of England England for the first time, says UNISON today. Announcing its re-ballot results of thousands more health workers, UNISON says staff at another four English ambulance services and five NHS organisations, including NHS Blood and Transplant, will now […]
Refuse and cleansing workers across Breckland and North Norfolk have overwhelmingly voted to strike over pay, UNISON reveals today. In an official ballot, 99% backed strikes on an 84% turnout. They also returned a 97% vote for action short of a strike on the Serco contract at the two councils. The ballot covered around 100 […]
Nearly half of teaching assistants at Pot Kiln Primary School in Suffolk face the sack, UNISON reveals today. The Sudbury school plans to lay off up to 15 of its 36 classroom assistants and midday supervisors, blaming an “unforeseen” budget shortfall of £75,000 and flagging student numbers. Pot Kiln claims it has more teaching assistants […]
Higher Education workers from across the UK showed solidarity with staff at Norwich’s University of East Anglia today. They took time out from UNISON’s Higher Education conference to send a clear message to UEA bosses to stop cuts which could lop up to 20% off budgets. The university has been scant on the details of […]
University of East Anglia bosses face a grilling tomorrow after staff were warned they could face compulsory redundancies, says UNISON. The university told staff last week that it was “unlikely” to be able to deal with a £13.9 million financial shortfall “without compulsory redundancies.” University bosses have yet to lay out their cuts plan, but […]
Refuse and cleansing workers in North Norfolk and Breckland are voting on strikes over super-profitable contractor Serco’s refusal to pay staff more than ‘crumbs from its table,’ says UNISON today. During months of negotiations, Serco has refused to meaningfully shift from a pay offer worth just 4% to HGV drivers and around 7% for loaders. […]
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UNISON’s second-ever Young Members Conference was held last month in Bournemouth, with Eastern delegates once again playing a major part in making the gathering a success. Our regional motions, Affordable housing is a human right and Uncomfortable yet? Sexual harassment is never OK, were both adopted by conference. The latter was even selected by conference […]
Without UNISON reps, there wouldn’t be a UNISON. Reps are the face of the union in the workplace and the first port of call when our members get in trouble. These volunteers make an immeasurable contribution to our union, often going far beyond the facility time available to make our public services better places to […]
Unfortunately despite the massive strike votes at NHS trusts across the Eastern region, the most restrictive trade union legislation in Europe means UNISON members cannot currently take action. We wish to offer our solidarity with other union with a mandate for action, but members should be aware of some advice if there are strikes at […]
City College Norwich doing A Christmas Carol in reverse by abandoning living wage, warns UNISON City College Norwich is doing a Christmas Carol in reverse, UNISON says today after bosses said they would abandon their commitment to the real living wage. As recently as September the college helped launch the Making Norwich A Living Wage […]
Thousands of Environment Agency workers in England will stop attending incidents such as floods, water pollution, spills, waste fires and fly-tipping in December and over Christmas, as they begin industrial action from today, says UNISON. From this morning, staff will start a work to rule for an indefinite period. This means they will do only […]
Workers at King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Council will receive the full 2022/23 local government pay rise of £1,925 after a UNISON campaign. After staff rejected a 4-5% rise in a consultative ballot, further talks initiated by UNISON resulted in the improved offer, worth an average of 7.5%, with councillors and managers. The £1,925 rise […]
Suffolk care workers and their supporters will protest outside Thursday’s full council meeting demanding more is done to support social care. The union is ringing the alarm bell about the numbers of staff leaving the sector. A Skills for Care report last month showed that staff turnover rates for social care in England were at […]