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A chance to look back at a day on the picket lines in the South West

‘We’re doing it out of necessity: not just for ourselves, but for the future of the NHS’

Want to support our ambulance workers? Below are five ways you can show your solidarity with UNISON members on picket lines this Wednesday

As the prime minister promises to create “better-paid jobs”, UNISON is still waiting for him to talk to us about pay in the NHS

Christina McAnea’s says public support is on the union’s side

Our photographer was in the city to catch a flavour of the day

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

Here is a small sample. Best for Britain tweeted the following facts: Dr Duncan Robertson, a policy and strategy analytics academic at Loughborough University and a fellow at St Catherine's College […]

With industrial action set for tomorrow in England, here’s how to offer solidarity

A pay award that’s below inflation is unthinkable, but no pay award at all is unforgivable

Affected areas include the NHS, higher education and the Environment Agency

UNISON are preparing to hold a consultation on potential Industrial Action with its members working in laboratories at Sheffield Children’s Hospital. A spokesperson said “members are feeling frustrated and angry about how they have been treated and we are ruling nothing out as far as what they want to do by way of action.” Laboratory […]

Both unions began indefinite action short of a strike yesterday. In England and Wales, NHS staff have been given a rise of at least £1,400. Unions in Scotland are considering a government […]

“This government let frontline workers take responsibility when times were at their toughest, but now it refuses to take responsibility for the things that are in its control”

“The guilt you feel, the anger, the frustration. I can’t put it into words, it’s heartbreaking”