Responding to Vaughan Gething AM’s offer of a pay rise to NHS Wales staff, Donna Hutton, UNISON Cymru/Wales head of health said; “Welsh healthcare workers are working harder than ever before. They have endured eight years of pay caps costing them the equivalent to a fifth of their pay and they deserve a substantial pay […]
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Neath Port Talbot UNISON branch has welcomed Welsh Government’s decision to reverse the cuts to educational support funding to the Minority Ethnic Achievement Service (MEAS) and the Traveller Education Service (TES) by providing partial funding for this year to Neath Port Talbot Council and committing to funding all 22 Local Authorities next year. Following campaigning […]
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council leaders have formally signed up to UNISON’s Apprenticeship Charter
Receptionists and administrators in GP surgeries are not covered by NHS pay bargaining and endure very low wages
Tomorrow (Wednesday), school breakfast club staff from across Merthyr Tydfil, children and their parents will hold a lobby of Merthyr Council in protest at the authority’s decision to make massive cuts to school breakfast clubs which could result in redundancies. The lobby, organised by UNISON, GMB and Unite, will take place at 3.30pm at […]
Health campaigners in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire have formed an action committee aimed at providing a joint response to the radical and controversial hospital changes put forward by the Hywel Dda Health Board which is responsible for providing the Health Service in the two counties. The Health Board has proposed three options: Withybush hospital in […]
Council of rushing to agree proposals which would decimate youth service provision
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Today (Tuesday), UNISON, GMB & Unite lodged a joint dispute with Merthyr Council after proposals to make massive cuts to School Breakfast Clubs which could result in redundancies. The council insists savings have to made but the reality is that a major upheaval such as this will still only save the authority around £150,000. The […]
Jane is a seasoned campaigner who always stands up for the vulnerable in our society
Probation staff in Wales who work for the National Probation Service (NPS) and the 21 privatised community rehabilitation companies (CRCs), are today (Friday) staging a day of protest to call for a long overdue pay rise. Their unions – Napo and UNISON – say that the 18,000 probation staff have been treated more harshly than other public sector workers, […]
UNISON commissioned document argues for more effective service which will help service users and employees alike
Responding to the publication of the Health and Social Care Advisory Service report into practices at Glan Clwyd’s Tawel Fan, chair of UNISON Cymru Wales’ health committee, Jan Tomlinson said, “Public service is a badge of honour. Healthcare workers are professional, kind and caring and when the standards of a tiny minority fall below what […]