If accepted, the offer would boost pay significantly this year and mean a wage increase next year that’s more than the government had budgeted for. Commenting on the 2022/23 and 2023/24 pay offer to NHS staff in England, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “It’s a shame it took so long to get here. Health […]
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Due to the planned ASLEF and RMT industrial action affecting the London Underground on the 15th, we have extended the AGM meeting to be held both in person if members are able to attend and also available online using Microsoft Teams for members not able to travel to UNISON Centre. All (and only) London Ambulance […]
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UNISON members across the country were out in force for yesterday’s NHS strikes. We take a photographic look back at events in the capital Yesterday’s moments strikes across England will be reverberating for weeks to come. The extraordinary response from UNISON members – and support from the public – was clear, and you can look […]
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Over 182,290 people signed the petition, demanding that the government ends the pay crisis by raising the minimum wage to £15 an hour. Today (15 Nov) UNISON members joined the union’s general secretary Christina McAnea to deliver a petition signed by 182,290 people, demanding the government ends the pay crisis by raising the minimum wage to […]
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Government has no grasp of real people’s lives Responding to reports that public sector pay awards could be capped at 2% in the coming months, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said today (Tuesday 1 Nov): “Holding down pay for public sector staff is the worst possible response. This shows a government with no ideas, nor a […]
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26 October 2022 6:00pm–6:30pm A short online rally is taking place for UNISON members and activists ahead of the NHS pay industrial action ballot, which opens on 27 October. It’s time to take a stand for your pay, your colleagues and the NHS – every vote is needed. That is why it is so important […]
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These ill-thought-out rules have worsened the staffing crisis hampering the NHS and social care and caused significant upset. Commenting on the announcement yesterday (Monday) that the government is to scrap the rules for mandatory vaccination in health and care in England, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said: “This was the right thing to do. But it […]
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Christina has worked for UNISON for over 25 years. She is one of the UK’s most senior women trade unionists – a no non-sense negotiator and a champion for women’s rights, pay equality, justice for low paid workers and a strong supporter of political devolution. She offers a clear, ambitious, responsible vision for our […]
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