Eric Roberts elected Vice President of UNISON
At the UNISON National Delegate Conference in Brighton this week, Eric Roberts, Branch Secretary of the London Ambulance Service Branch was elected as Vice President of UNISON.
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UNISON News
Joint Statement – Annex E – 29 April
Joint Statement between NHS ambulance Trusts in England and UNISON, GMB and Unite Ambulance employers and trade unions have been in negotiations to resolve differences in the application of unsocial hours allowances during sickness absence. At a meeting on 4 April, Employers made a proposal that was considered by the trade unions. At a joint […]
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Pay – A message from UNISON’s General Secretary
Dear UNISON healthcare member Since Jeremy Hunt’s announcement last month that he plans to ignore the NHS Pay Review Body and give you no pay increase for the next two years unless you are at the top of your pay band,you’ve been telling the union what you think. We know you feel that this is: Unfair to the […]
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New NHS pension scheme from April 2015
What’s happening? • The current NHS pension scheme will be replaced by a new scheme from 1 April 2015. • The new scheme is based on your earnings for your whole career from April 2015 (a Career-Average Revalued Earnings scheme). • Each year 1/54th of your pensionable salary for that year will be added to your pension account […]
Continue ReadingSurvey on stress in the Ambulance Service
We are planning to do some work around the levels of stress in the ambulance sector and are seeking more information on the scale and extent of the problem. To help us with this we are carrying out a survey which you can find here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/UNISONambulance2014 Please help us by completing and circulating this. Tweet […]
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UNISON update on ambulance unsocial hours negotiations
A meeting of UNISON ambulance branch representatives took place on 28 January 2014 to discuss the progress of the national negotiations on unsocial hours and sickness pay arrangements for ambulance staff, and arrangements for consulting members on any proposed changes.
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Joint Statement – Annex E – 3 Jan 2014
Joint Statement between NHS ambulance Trusts in England and UNISON, GMB and Unite On 3 January 2014 employers and trade unions met and discussed: Data comparing illustrative payments under Annex E and Section 2 unsocial hours payments systems, using the most common rota patterns worked by the majority of ambulance staff, and assuming an indicative, […]
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UNISON is changing its main contact number. From January 2014, UNISON will be using a new freephone number – 0800 0857 857 – instead of the current 0845 number. This number will cover both our UNISONdirect helpline and the central switchboard number for contacting […]
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