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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 […]
Rising star, Nia Wyn is playing a gig supporting a UNISON campaign to give young Welsh workers a better start in life.
Rising star, Welsh singer Nia Wyn is playing a gig on Saturday supporting a campaign to give young Welsh workers a better start in life. She is endorsing an award-winning UNISON Cymru Wales initiative #RespectYourYouth which aims to raise awareness of the inequality faced by the under-35s in Wales today. The gig will be in […]
Charter commitments will protect local care workers’ rights, benefitting both local care staff and Blaenau Gwent residents
University of South Wales has announced new members of staff will not be directly employed by the institution and will receive inferior pensions
Gwynedd council has taken the extraordinary step of writing to staff threatening them with the sack if they do not accept lesser employment conditions
As talks in Wales continue, head of health vows UNISON will fight for the best deal possible and members will be guaranteed a vote on the final deal
Councillors considering reducing the universal access team of 48 youth officers to just 9 staff and closing Llantwit Major youth centre
Female employees in Welsh councils, NHS and other public services, experience sexism at work as an everyday occurrence. That’s the stark message from UNISON Cymru Wales which asked members, 100 years after women won the vote, if equality in the workplace has been achieved. According to 70 per cent of respondents, the answer was […]
The Welsh care system is in crisis and those receiving residential care are not getting the levels of support they need. That’s the message from the trade union representing care workers, who in turn suffer in-work poverty. UNISON Cymru Wales will today (Wednesday), publish a best practice charter for residential care at the Senedd which […]