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Site Safety Although Eon are not looking to get everyone back into the various sites and offices immediately, it is important planning takes place to ensure workplaces are as safe as possible for when employees start to return. These preparations are currently taking place, and UNISON health and safety representatives have been visiting sites along […]
UNISON, NEU, GMB and Unite have sent joint letters centrally to all headteachers, MAT CEOs and Local Authorities in England. The purpose of the letters is to show understanding for the predicament they have been put in by the government and to urge them to work with us to only increase pupil numbers when it […]
UNISON has been campaigning against cuts proposed by Leicestershire County Care Ltd that would hit the wages and conditions of employment of 98 staff employed in the 13 former council care homes across Leicestershire. Plans to cut pay of some care workers by 30% together with reductions to holiday, sick pay and maternity benefits were […]
The day provides an opportunity to reflect on progress that has been made on the advancement of LGBT+ rights in the UK, but also to draw attention to injustices that many still face in their workplaces and society for identifying as LGBT+. IDAHOBIT marks the anniversary of the declassification of homosexuality as a mental illness […]
UNISON Head of Education says beginning of June reopening is unrealistic as safety tests not met Responding to new Department for Education (DFE) guidance on the reopening of primary schools and nurseries and to meetings held on Friday 15 May between unions, officials and government scientists on the risk of Coronavirus transmission by children, UNISON head […]
Three of the world’s largest nursing unions came together on Tuesday 12 May 2020 at UNISON East Midlands’ invitation to acknowledge International Nurses Day and the incredible contribution made by nurses to society. Our online audience heard how trade unions across the world were tackling the current challenges. The 3 Co-Presidents of National Nurses United, America’s largest union, Jean Ross RN, Zenei Cortez RN and Deborah […]
On #InternationalNursesDay everyone across UNISON East Midlands wants to say #ThankYou for all the amazing work that Nurses, Midwives, Nursing Associates and Student Nurses are doing day in, day out. Thank You #InternationalNursesDay2020 #IND2020 Coronavirus, find out what your rights at work are.
Student nurses across Lincolnshire have been called up to help in the Covid19 response – never has the healthcare system across the country faced such a significant challenge. However, student nurses who have offered to work as part of the response to the pandemic at St Barnabas Hospice in Lincolnshire were told this would not […]
Celebrations for International Nurses’ Day tomorrow (Tuesday) will have special significance this year during the coronavirus pandemic, says UNISON East Midlands which is staging an online rally with guests from across the world. Members of the public are being encouraged to join the web event tomorrow at 6pm to show their appreciation for every nurse […]
A major care home employer in Leicestershire that planned to drastically cut staff rights and has now issued redundancy notices to workers on the front line in the fight against Covid-19 has today (Monday) been condemned by UNISON. Newly revealed proposals by Leicestershire County Care would see job losses for up to 98 staff who […]