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Dear Member, Please take a few moments to read the UNISON bulletin below: Job grades for British Gas staff – April 2022 Just a reminder that in terms of the new collective arrangements, UNISON are the sole recognised union within your workplace. As ever if you need to speak to anyone of your workplace stewards […]
Following UNISON East Midlands’ call for a public inquiry into the maternity services at both Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital, regional secretary Chris Jenkinson reaffirmed our stance on ITV Central News. We have been working with Nottingham’s Labour MPs, Alex Norris, Lilian Greenwood and Nadia Whittome for some time, raising an unacceptable number of […]
Charnwood Borough Council – which delivers services such as planning, leisure facilities and museums across the district, has today signed up to the Dying to Work Charter in partnership with trade union UNISON. Charnwood UNISON branch has been working with Charnwood Borough Council to gain their support for the Dying to Work Charter, which protects […]
UNISON East Midlands, the largest union representing health and social care workers in the region, is calling for a public inquiry into the maternity services at both Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital. The trade union has been working with Nottingham’s Labour MPs, Alex Norris, Lilian Greenwood and Nadia Whittome for some time, raising an […]
Ahead of the annual Chaddesden Park Easter egg hunt on 17 April, UNISON Derby City have donated 42 eggs to the cause. Last year, a record number of families registered to take part and the turnout is expected to be even bigger this year, so every Easter egg counts. Our regional branches are at the […]
Following the chancellor’s spring statement on Wednesday (23 March) East Midlands regional secretary Chris Jenkinson gave his reaction to BBC East Midlands Today. Chris also went on to say: “The chancellor decided to back big business and turn his face against our members. But our members still need a pay rise. So, once again, as […]
People across Northamptonshire have been joining a mass slow handclap against the government’s miserly 3% pay rise for NHS staff, in a campaign backed by the country’s biggest trade union. Northamptonshire Needs to Work, a community-led campaign group, have recorded a series of ‘slow clap for carers’ videos to communicate their disappointment at the low […]
Over the next 12 months the council proposes the closure of centres at Whitemoor (Amber Valley), Carter Lane, Oxcroft and Whitwell (Bolsover), Ashbourne and Wirksworth (Derbyshire Dales), Coal Aston and Renishaw (North-East Derbyshire), and Newhall (South Derbyshire). People who need services will instead have to attend one of the four remaining centres at Alderbrook (High […]
The Secretary of State for Education has agreed to withdraw Academy Orders that were sent to schools in the Catholic Diocese of Hallam after education unions warned that they were ‘unlawful’. Unions representing staff in schools across Hallam Diocese – which has schools in the East Midlands and Yorkshire – wrote to the Secretary of […]
UNISON East Midlands are delighted to be supporting the Nottingham Playhouse throughout 2022. As a corporate sponsor this means that all members of UNISON East Midlands can benefit from complimentary Playhouse Pass membership at Nottingham Playhouse. Benefits include: • 7 days priority booking for Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company shows • 25% off during the priority […]