Ambulance workplace culture needs to change, says UNISON

Commenting on the findings of the independent review of the culture in ambulance services published on February 15th, UNISON acting head of health Helga Pile said: “All too often ambulance workers are expected to be superhuman and put up with whatever is thrown at them. “But the reality is that there’s a huge personal cost if employees are […]

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High Court finds strike-breaking legislation unlawful following UNISON case

Mr Justice Linden has today upheld the claims of UNISON and other unions that the government acted unfairly, unlawfully and irrationally.   Employers can no longer use agency staff to fill in for striking workers during industrial action after the High Court ruled that government legislation introduced last year is unlawful, says UNISON today (Thursday). The important […]

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UNISON Ambulance Survey 2023

UNISON is conducting a survey of all ambulance members to understand your views on issues we know are important to you such as early retirement, unsocial hours provisions and your health and wellbeing given the pressures you find yourselves under day in, day out when carrying out your roles.   Click here to complete it.   We […]

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UNISON victory for non-AfC staff bonus

UNISON has secured fair pay for our non-AfC colleagues. LAS Chief Executive Officer Daniel Elkeles has released the following statement: “I’m pleased to say we have agreed that the 448 members of staff who were not eligible to benefit from the recent NHS pay deal will now receive the extra money. This is after UNISON […]

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NHS Pay deal 2023

The NHS Staff Council met on 2 May to make a decision on NHS pay. The majority of NHS workers and their unions, including UNISON, voted to accept the pay offer. It has taken months of strike action to force this from the government, but today’s decision means we finally have a deal. UNISON has […]

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Strike Day Payments

As you will know, pay for strike action will start to be deducted from payroll over the coming months. If you took strike action, you are eligible for up to £50 strike pay for each day of strike action taken.   The easiest way for us to process requests for strike pay is to ask you […]

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