Press releases
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 […]
The government has failed to honour its own ‘levelling up’ promises with the disappointing 3% pay rise for NHS workers in England, says UNISON. The award announced last week doesn’t meet the real living wage of £9.50 per hour for the lowest paid health service workers and widens the gap between those at the top […]
Monday 28 June 2021 For immediate release Tower Hamlets dispute continues as council staff set to be balloted for further strike action Reablement workers, environmental health officers and social workers will be among Tower Hamlets council staff set to be balloted for further industrial action as the ‘Tower Rewards’ dispute continues, says UNISON. The Labour-run […]
Thursday 3 June 2021 For immediate release City University must bring catering and cleaning contracts back in-house, says UNISON One hundred and fifty cleaning and catering staff who work at City, University of London handed in a petition yesterday (Wednesday) calling for better wages, annual leave, and sick pay. They’re among nearly 2,000 people who’ve signed the document urging the […]
Monday 11 January 2021 For immediate release Christina McAnea elected to lead UNISON, the UK’s largest union Christina McAnea has today (Monday) been elected as the new general secretary of UNISON, the UK’s largest union. She replaces Dave Prentis, who is retiring after 20 years as general secretary. Voting in the ballot was as follows […]
Friday 8 January 2021 For immediate release Mayor is right to declare major incident, says UNISON UNISON, the UK’s largest health union has backed Mayor Sadiq Khan’s decision to declare a major incident in London today (Friday). NHS staff are under enormous pressure and their capacity to provide care is close to breaking point after battling wave after wave […]
Friday 8 January 2021 For immediate release Londoners should exercise ‘common sense’ when dialling 999, says UNISON London ambulance workers are concerned the service faces breaking point amid increasing 999 calls and numbers of staff hit by Covid, says UNISON today (Friday). The London Ambulance Service (LAS) is now urging the public to ring 999 only for life-threatening emergencies, says UNISON, which represents paramedics and call […]
Monday 14 December 2020 For immediate release UNISON supports mayor’s call for all schools in the capital to close from tomorrow Responding to Greenwich council’s decision to close schools after today due to rising coronavirus outbreaks amongst school age children, UNISON regional head of local government Helen Reynolds said today (Monday): “As well as pupils, […]
Responding to reports the chancellor of the exchequer is preparing to impose a pay cap on most public sector workers, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said today (Friday): “Key workers across all public services remain at the heart of the fight against Covid. “Reports of pay restraint for all but frontline NHS staff would be a cruel body blow to other health, care and public service employees working tirelessly […]
Thursday 5 November 2020 For immediate release Health workers in London urge local MPs to back early pay rise for exhausted staff and to protect the NHS Hundreds of health staff across London – including nurses, paramedics, cleaners, domestics and porters – are writing to the region’s 73 MPs asking them to back UNISON’s call for NHS staff to get an […]