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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ALL MEMBERS PAY CAMPAIGN UPDATE

Industrial action by UNISON members has been suspended as we have now secured an offer from the government on pay. There will be no further industrial action while this offer is consulted on with UNISON members across the country. Make no mistake, this is an enormous step forward in our campaign! Thanks to the efforts […]

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LAS UNISON Strike Update

You will have seen in the press, on social media and possibly on your emails (if you have given us an up to date email address) that UNISON have suspended our industrial action scheduled for the 8th March to allow talks with the government. The decision was taken after the Department of Health and Social […]

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UNISON to suspend strike to enter NHS pay talks with government

The government has finally promised extra investment in pay for both this and next year. The strike planned for next Wednesday involving thousands of ambulance staff and other NHS workers has been suspended to allow UNISON to enter pay talks with the government, the union said today (Friday 3 March). Following a meeting of its […]

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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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