A Time for Change – Response from Branch Secretary
At a specially convened Joint Staff Council today (Friday 26th April 2013) Unison was presented with the full set of documents called ‘A Time For Change’.
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AfC Proposed Changes – Information from Branch Secretary
Dear all, The Union is starting to consult Branches and Regions regarding the proposed changes to the Agenda for Change (AfC) national agreement. The changes are proposed basically because of the NHS financial situation and also in the hope that changing it in this way is better than the NHS Employers breaking away from the […]
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March for a future that works – Sat 20 October
On 20 October hundreds of thousands of people will gather in central London to march for a future that works. They’ll be taking to the streets because they believe that government spending cuts and privatisation are not the way to get us out of recession. Instead, these cuts are standing in the way of delivering […]
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This week at the UNISON National Delegate Conference we were given a sneak preview of the brand new UNISON website and mobile phone app.
Continue ReadingMOBILE APPS PROJECT LAUNCHED
The London Ambulance Service, in partnership with UNISON, has recently been awarded funding to build mobile applications, or „apps‟, to benefit Service staff.
Continue ReadingJoint statement from Unison and GMB regarding the Response Time Clock Start Changes to be announced on 16th May 2012
Both Unison and GMB welcome the changes to the clock start announced today. The changes will maintain and ultimately improve the response times for the most critically ill and injured patients. In addition they will give our control room staff up to an additional 60 secs to gain more information from 999 callers to ensure […]
Continue ReadingAnnual leave during the Olympic and Paralympic Games
The HR bulletin issued on the 28 March 2012 advised staff of the need to put annual leave requests ‘on hold’ in order to assess the overall resourcing needs over the Games period for all staff in the Service. Following discussions with UNISON it has been agreed that annual leave can now be allocated in […]
Continue ReadingWhat the proposed new NHS pension scheme could mean for you – full guide
UNISON have now published a full guide to the proposed new NHS Pension Scheme for England and Wales. You can download a copy by clicking here
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