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NHS workers lay crisis bare as strikes loom - debts, 12-hour days and eyeing up Tesco jobs

As nurse strikes loom next month and unions rally support for further NHS walkouts, the Mirror has spoken to four workers about their reasons for getting involved

Daily Mirror

School staff buying food and uniforms for pupils with own money

They say they are having to help as families struggle with cost of living crisis

Wales Online

More than a third of UK school support staff helping pupils pay for food – survey

Many have also used their own money to buy pupils stationery or uniforms while struggling with their own bills

The Guardian - UK

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Low-paid school support staff buy food and uniforms for pupils from own pockets

Big-hearted school staff, who include teaching assistants and librarians, are using their own cash to help their pupils, with more than a third (35%) helping pupils get enough to eat

Daily Mirror

Union says pay conditions at the University of Leeds is the 'final straw'

For some UNISON members at the Universities, this is the fifth period of strike action in 2022

Leeds Live

All the big UK strike dates from trains to NHS as winter of discontent hits

Nurses, civil servants, postal workers and charity staff are among those downing tools in a bitter winter of discontent as Rishi Sunak warns of 'challenging' months ahead

Daily Mirror

Postal workers and university staff strike in Bristol this week

Postal workers could strike up until Christmas Eve if an agreement isn't reached

Bristol Post

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NI Health workers vote to take strike action 'in early December' over pay

Unison and Nipsa health workers have voted to take strike action in early December

Belfast Live

President of UK's biggest union expelled from Labour Party

THE President the UK's biggest union, Unison, has been expelled from the Labour party.

The National (Scotland)

Dumfries and Galloway healthcare workers vote to reject pay offer

Members of Unison opted to knock-back a deal from the Scottish Government for an across the board pay rise of £2,205

Daily Record

NHS Forth Valley defends response to union's violence survey

The survey canvassed each of the country's health boards to find out the number of staff assaulted over a 12-month period.

Daily Record

Union claims 'white elephant' Gateshead Stadium should be in closure mix with other leisure centres

The stadium has not been included in a Gateshead Council review of 'unaffordable' leisure centres that is expected to see at least two facilities closed down

Chronicle Live

Urgent deal must be struck with unions to save Scotland's NHS from winter chaos

A failure to improve the roundly rejected pay offer could bring the health service to its knees, writes Record View.

Daily Record

Scotland's largest health union rejects the Government's final pay offer

SCOTLAND'S largest health union announced on Tuesday that its NHS members have rejected the Scottish Government’s final offer on pay.

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Daily Mirror

Minister in charge of hospitals said healthcare is 'natural place to start' with cuts

Steve Barclay said just two months ago that he had instructed department heads within the health service to release information on how much their teams cost, telling a right-wing thinktank that the health service is a "natural place to start" looking for savings

The Independent UK

NHS trusts forced to compromise on quality and waiting times amid financial squeeze, CEOs warn

Staff are putting their hands in their pockets to feed patients in face of cost of living crisis, NHS chief reports

Daily Mirror

Union boss accuses Tories of deliberately 'running down' NHS so someone can take it over

Christina McAnea, the leader of Britain's biggest trade union who is balloting NHS staff over strike action, made the suggestion saying 'excuse me for sounding like a conspiracy theorist, but I have heard so many people say it now'

The National (Scotland)

Union leader accuses UK Government of ‘deliberately running down’ NHS amid pay row

Christina McAnea, general secretary of Unison, said she fears the path is being laid for an “organisation” to be appointed to take over the NHS

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The Independent UK

Union leader accuses Government of ‘deliberately running down’ NHS

Christina McAnea said she fears an ‘organisation’ will take over the health service.

Chronicle Live

Nurses strike vote was 'agonising' but comes as NHS workers around the country are forced to use food banks says union

Nurses being driven to rely on food banks due to falling real-terms pay is what led to an 'agonising' decision to strike, a senior Royal College of Nursing figure said.

The Independent UK

NHS staff ‘are quitting to work in Tesco because it pays better’ union chief warns

Unison general secretary decries ‘dreadful situation’ for public sector workers

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire NHS trusts 'working to ensure minimal disruption' for patients during nurse strikes

Staff at four Nottinghamshire trusts will walk out over pay

The Independent UK

Government urged to listen to nurses after historic vote to strike over pay

The Royal College of Nursing said its members in the majority of NHS employers across the UK have backed industrial action.

The Independent UK

Nurses ‘worried about feeding families and paying rent’ as strike action gets go-ahead

Colleagues are leaving, with those left behind ’increasingly burnt out’, nurse says

Chronicle Live

Nurses at North East hospitals and the ambulance service set for strike action after historic Royal College of Nursing ballot

Four North East hospital trusts and the North East Ambulance Service will see nursing staff walk out on strike before Christmas.

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