NHS Pay Update

We are in an ongoing dispute with the government on NHS pay in England.You may have seen press coverage today that the government has written to us with a formal invitation for negotiations on NHS pay.We still need to get clarity on a number of key points so we can understand whether this is a serious proposal. As […]

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Mythbuster: NHS pay

10 ways in which the government is distorting the truth in the ongoing dispute over NHS pay As UNISON members prepare for a fifth day of strikes in England on 8 March – with thousands more health workers preparing to join the action – the government stubbornly refuses to engage in talks with all the […]

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NHS dispute widens to cover most parts of England

Staff at further ambulance services and health trusts vote to strike The growing NHS dispute over pay and staffing will now cover ambulance services and other NHS organisations across most parts of England, says UNISON today (Friday 17 Feb). Announcing its re-ballot results of thousands more health workers, UNISON says staff at another four English […]

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Important Information about Upcoming Industrial Action

Message of solidarity from Bryn Webster, Chair of UNISON’s National Ambulance Occupational Group Five weeks ago, I wrote to you in preparation for what was to be our first day of strike action in the five ambulance Trusts where we got a mandate to strike. At the time, I wasn’t sure how things would go. […]

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Final all members briefing for 11th January Industrial Action

Following on from the success of strike action we took on the 21st of December, the cracks started to appear in the government’s ignorance to our campaign very quickly in the New Year with early talks taking place today (9th of January).  However we still do not have any firm offer on the table that […]

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Strike Solidarity

NHS staff are striking for the future of the NHS and its patients as much as they are for themselves – decent pay is essential to prevent more staff leaving the NHS and further damage to patient care. UNISON members have announced industrial action across 5 ambulances services in England on Wednesday 11 January and […]

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London calling – a look back at Wednesday’s strike in the capital

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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LAS UNISON Dispute Resources

On this page we are collecting together resources you can print out and display to show your support for Ambulance Service Workers during our current dispute with the government. Display in your workplace or in your front window. I SUPPORT AMBULANCE WORKERS POSTER – WHITE BACKGROUND I SUPPORT AMBULANCE WORKERS POSTER – PURPLE BACKGROUND WE […]

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