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Staff at two Liverpool hospital sites who work as cleaners, porters, caterers and in other domestic services will be transferred in-house on 1 April

Ambulance workers in Wales have told public services union UNISON today (Thursday) that morale is at an all-time low.

Draconian anti-strike laws will further inflame disputes across the public sector, according to First Minister for Wales Mark Drakeford.

UNISON will meet with the Welsh government this week for key talks on the future of pay and conditions for health workers in Wales.

UNISON is calling for an agreement from the Welsh government to protect the Welsh NHS and help minimise the potential of a deeper crisis this winter.

Health workers in Wales will not be taking industrial action over pay after failing to reach the required turnout in the latest ballot by UNISON Cymru/Wales. Hugh McDyer, UNISON Cymru/Wales head of health, said: “While it is very regretful the necessary threshold for industrial action was not reached in Wales, it is encouraging to see […]

Thousands of NHS workers in Wales are being asked to vote for strike action over pay as many fear they may not be able to heart their homes this winter.

UNISON’s ballot of NHS workers is open from 27 October to 25 November 2022

The outsourced workers have won a pay rise of over 14%, an extra week’s leave and the same sick pay as their directly-employed NHS colleagues

The current health secretary says nurses can like it or lump it on the below-inflation pay offer, but that’s not good enough. NHS staff – and the service itself – need much better

On Thursday October 27 UNISON, is launching a ballot of health workers for industrial action on pay.

UNISON has written to the Welsh government confirming it will ballot health workers for strike action over their derisory pay award.

Letters advising more than two hundred NHS employers across England that health staff, including paramedics, midwives, theatre staff, occupational therapists, porters and nurses, are to be balloted for strike action have been sent, says UNISON. Strike ballots for England, Wales and Northern Ireland are due to begin on 27 October and the union says this […]

Health workers will soon have their say on industrial action after the latest derisory pay offer from Welsh government.

Health workers facing the full force of the cost-of-living crisis are being called on to support industrial action over pay, says UNISON.