Healthcare support workers across Leicester’s three hospitals are taking industrial action over a fight for fair pay. NHS staff at Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General, and Glenfield Hospital have taken a stand against the Trust’s refusal to fairly compensate the healthcare assistants for their underpaid work and meet the UNISON’s demand of back pay covering […]
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Thousands of Derbyshire County Council staff working across social services, children’s services, day centres, libraries, homecare, community services, tourism, and schools are to be balloted for strike action. Despite having millions of pounds in reserve, the council plans to axe jobs and services without proper consultation in an attempt to deliver a balanced budget, says […]
Hundreds of healthcare assistants at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) will be taking strike action in a row over pay, says UNISON. Across the Trust, 94.46% of those balloted backed strike action. Healthcare support workers at Leicester General Hospital, Glenfield Hospital and Leicester Royal Infirmary are set to walk out unless hospital managers […]
Hundreds of healthcare assistants at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) have voted for strike action in a row over pay. Healthcare assistants at Leicester General Hospital, Glenfield Hospital and Leicester Royal Infirmary are set to walk out unless hospital managers improve an offer on back pay. Across the trust, 94.46% backed strike action. […]
Click below to read the latest newsletter for members of the East Midlands Gas (Southern) Branch. Get the details on the upcoming branch AGM and how to put yourself forward as a branch officer, and find out what happens after the pay ballot. UNISON Voice February Newsletter
General election candidates from all parties across the East Midlands are being asked to support the creation of a new national care service in England, says UNISON today (Thursday). The union says too many people across Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, and Nottinghamshire cannot access the social care they desperately need because the current system is […]
UNISON East Midlands’ regional council annual general meeting took place on Saturday 3 February in Derby. Below are the results of the elections for the regional posts and committees. REGIONAL CONVENOR – 1 SEAT – ELECTION ELECTED PROCTER, Emma Derbyshire County 41 MINTO, James Notts County (Job share) NOT ELECTED ROY, Anjona West […]
On Friday 2 February, members from across the East Midlands came together to celebrate their work at UNISON’s annual Branch Awards 2024. The evening began with remarks from the regional secretary Chris Jenkinson and the guest of honour, UNISON’s general secretary Christina McAnea. The awards ceremony was compered by regional manager Louisa Wass Griffiths and […]
Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) at Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust and Kettering General Hospital Foundation NHS Trust are demanding the correction of a historic issue that results in them being underpaid for clinical work they are routinely expected to undertake. This is part of UNISON’s Pay Fair for Patient Care campaign, which has seen HCAs in […]
Derbyshire County Council must fully consult with unions as it seeks more than £30m of spending cuts that will damage community services, says UNISON. The union says reductions in services and jobs are not the only way to make savings and is urging the council to stick with an earlier pledge to discuss plans properly […]