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UNISON out in force at London Pride

50 years of pride in London celebrated on Saturday

Put NHS pay right to stop health staff in London quitting amid cost-of-living ‘apocalypse’, says UNISON 

Wednesday 25 May 2022 For immediate release Put NHS pay right to stop health staff in London quitting amid cost-of-living ‘apocalypse’, says UNISON  UNISON has today (Wednesday) written to Sajid Javid urging action on pay to stop the exodus of health service staff as they face ‘a cost-of-living apocalypse’. Health workers across London have also written to […]

Join UNISON to take action on the cost of living crisis

The country is in the middle of a massive cost of living crisis and the government is failing to act – so join us in June to get the message across Inflation has hit a 30-year high, it’s no longer just gas prices or petrol prices that struggling families are having to worry about. The […]

Low-paid university staff protest against unfair ‘second-class citizen’ treatment

Low-paid cleaning and catering staff at City, University of London protested today against a system that means they receive less sick and holiday leave than other staff doing similar jobs. Affected workers were at the university’s Northampton Square campus to urge university President Anthony Finkelstein to put an end to the “shameful” two-tier system, and […]

London university threatens and harasses striking workers with “hostile environment”, says UNISON

King’s College London is pressuring security, facilities, administrative, catering and other professional services staff to think again about striking for better pay, says UNISON ​today (Thursday). New guidance to university managers allows them to discipline security staff who go on strike during their shifts, forcing them to protest only once their work is done, says […]

Greater London UNISON launches NHS Pay Campaign

Health workers are holding events across London today (Friday) to mark the day they should have been receiving their pay rise. At hospitals and other NHS sites across London staff will be visibly protesting the government’s failure to deliver them any kind of pay rise at all this month, let alone one of the size […]

Low pay prompts further strikes at City University and King’s College London, says UNISON

Image: City University Picket line on Thursday 31 March Staff will take further strike days at City University and King’s College London over low pay from this week, UNISON says. Action is to take place on Thursday 31 March and Friday 1 April at City, and Monday 4 and Tuesday 5 April at King’s, following […]

Low pay and pensions issues prompt further strikes at SOAS and Birkbeck

Staff will take two further days of strike action at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and Birkbeck, University of London, this week over a range of issues including pay and pensions, UNISON says. Workers represented by UNISON at both institutions voted to strike after a pay offer of 1.5%, and will continue […]

International Women’s Day at UNISON: Raising Women’s Voices

Break the bias | Raising women’s voices 6pm Tuesday 8 March Register now for our IWD Webinar with Women’s Rights Activist Patsy Stevenson, SOLACE Women’s aid speaker and UNISON Branch Secretary Annette Heslop. On 13th March 2021, Patsy was campaigning and arrested at the Sarah Everard vigil in Clapham. Hear from her to discuss Women’s […]