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The Conservative group on Derby City Council last night (Wednesday 20 July) abstained on a vote that supported a ‘reasonable’ pay rise for council and school workers, despite staff working on the frontline throughout the pandemic. The motion brought by the Labour group and backed by UNISON, asked that Derby City Council support a real […]
As temperatures reached unprecedented levels across the UK, UNISON East Midlands were busy keeping our NHS heroes cool. On Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 July, UNISON East Midlands despatched ice cream vans to some of the biggest hospitals in the region to give our hardworking NHS workers some respite from the heatwave gripping the country. […]
Derbyshire County Council have committed to supporting a fair pay rise for staff after supporting a motion brought by the Labour group and backed by UNISON. The motion stated that the council support a fair pay rise for workers to help them cope with rising costs, especially those on the lowest pay who often undertake […]
Here’s the latest update for members working for British Gas. UNISON continues to progress its priority of increasing pay and reward for all its staff memberships across Centrica/British Gas. UNISON British Gas Newsletter June 2022
Care home workers in Derby who were promised a one-off payment of £500 have been left disappointed after the council excluded staff who fell ill at any time from December 2021 to March 2022. The money was made available by the NHS and should have been paid out by Derby City Council as a way […]
Conservative led North Northamptonshire Council has voted to give its councillors an inflation busting 11 per cent pay rise whilst council staff are still waiting to hear about their salary increase, rumoured to be around 2%. Council leader Jason Smithers will now receive an annual allowance of £42,990 – an increase of 6.5 percent for […]
Nationally UNISON is organised into service groups, which are made up of all the members working in the same sector. Every member of UNISON is in a service group, and they make sure that UNISON’s services stay relevant and useful to all members. In a service group you can better support your fellow members by […]
UNISON East Midlands launches #OneExtraItem campaign to support working families being plunged into poverty. As more low paid workers are forced to rely on food banks just to make it through the week, UNISON East Midlands has pledged to support local charities, churches, and community organisations in making sure their shelves stay full. The trade […]
Members across the East Midlands are joining the campaign to Put NHS Pay Right Together, we are calling for a proper NHS pay rise that beats inflation, makes good on decades of pay cuts and makes sure hardworking, dedicated, but exhausted staff, aren’t forced out of our NHS. Right now, the workforce is in crisis. […]
On Friday 20 May, branches from across the East Midlands came together for the first time since before the pandemic to celebrate and recognise the incredible work they do for members in the region. Exemplary Campaign Award Leicester City West Gate School in Leicester, is an education setting for 180 pupils, aged 4 to 19, […]