UNISON will submit thousands of signatures from across the Vale of Glamorgan to the local council in a bid to protect library services. Library services across the Vale of Glamorgan have come under threat as a result of budget constraints. Council proposals include redycung opening hours, cutting staff numbers, and a call to community groups […]
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UNISON has criticised the Vale of Glamorgan council for publishing misleading information about the future of the authority’s library services
UNISON Cymru/Wales criticises Dyfed Powys Police and Crime Commissioner for decision to forego an additional £2.3m worth of funding
UNISON has called on Besti Cadwaladr University Health Board to withdraw their plans to close a consultant-led maternity unit
Trades unions are disappointed that the chief executive of Merthyr council has bypassed trade unions and sent a message out to almost half of the council’s workers asking them to accept large cuts in pay to plug budget gaps caused by the UK government’s austerity agenda. Intensive talks between the joint trades unions – UNISON, GMB and UNITE – and […]
‘Express your love of libraries’ and stand behind library staff this Saturday, on National Libraries Day
In response to the release of Welsh public services minister Leighton Andrews’ consultation, Reforming Local Government: Power to Local People, UNISON Cymru/Wales head of local government Dominic MacAskill said: “There is a general consensus across Wales that council restructuring is both necessary and inevitable. “However, despite the fact that this debate has been ongoing for some […]
UNISON has called on Caerphilly council to withdraw a report outlining plans to ‘buy out’ essential car user allowances and annual leave currently afforded to chief officers at the council. UNISON believes that the plans would allow chief officers to be treated more favourably compared to all other council staff. The changes are to be […]
UNISON Cymru/Wales has welcomed a commitment to fund an increase in NHS Wales staff via the implementation of the ‘mansion tax’
A petition has been launched to defend Plantasia, Wales’ only rainforest, against plans for closure
UNISON is urging Welsh Assembly Members to reject the independent pay review recommendation that would see their pay rise by 18%
UNISON members at Cardiff council have responded angrily to budget proposals being put out to consultation by the council. UNISON believes that if the council continues with their destructive policies, public services in the city will be beyond repair. The council are also expecting the workforce to pay for some of the deficit through further erosion of […]
UNISON welcomes recommendation from scrutiny committee at Caerphilly council to utlise in-house services to progress plans for Oakdale secondary school
The Welsh government needs to make sure Wales is truly a living wage nation, says UNISON Cymru/ Wales following the release of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report Monitoring poverty and social exclusion in Wales today. UNISON is calling on the Welsh government to make sure that all staff it employs, whether directly or indirectly through procurement, are […]