Press releases
Mark Drakeford has backed demands from UNISON Young Members that will make a real difference to young people’s quality of life
Staff have rejected a revised offer to improve wages by 1.5 per cent
Council staff warn public services in the local authority are at breaking point
Receptionists, caterers, lifeguards, librarians and others working for Aneurin Leisure Trust organised by UNISON voted by more than 88 per cent in favour of taking industrial action.
Welsh public service staff face a daily struggle with impossible workloads and are risking their mental health. That’s the message from UNISON Cymru Wales which says employers are not doing enough to support their staff. The trade union has begun a two-week survey of staff at hospitals, councils, colleges and more, to encourage workers to […]
UNISON Cymru Wales’ Labour Link Committee met with all three candidates for the Leadership of Welsh Labour today and voted to offer a supportive nomination to Mark Drakeford AM. Dan Beard, who is Chair of the Committee said, “We were very impressed with all three candidates who each presented their vision of what they hope […]
Stories of in-work poverty come as Further Education (FE) college staff across Wales vote whether to accept an offer to increase wages by one per cent
Stories of in-work poverty come as Further Education college staff across Wales vote whether to accept an offer to increase wages by one per cent
Aneurin Bevan Leisure Trust staff in libraries, entertainment venues, parks and leisure centres across Blaenau Gwent are being balloted for strike action
PUBLIC SERVICES IN NEATH PORT TALBOT COUNCIL AT BREAKING POINT Neath Port Talbot politicians will gather at the Council’s Offices Civic Centre Port Talbot for a ‘Question Time’-style event with employees of the local authority. UNISON’s Neath Port Talbot Local Government branch has organised the session to highlight the damage being wrought by severe UK […]
Electoral college should be revised, removing the section for elected politicians
Health board has more work to do to convince staff of the merit of plans to change hospital services
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn MP, last night (Thursday 5 July), sent a personal message of birthday congratulations to the first baby born in the NHS. Welsh-born Aneira Thomas shares her seventieth birthday with the National Health Service and was named in honour of the founder, Tredegar’s Aneurin Bevan. Jeremy Corbyn’s video message was delivered at […]
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 […]
Goalkeeping great Neville Southall, to receive award in recognition of his campaigning for social justice