The Latest Breaking News from Unison

Care staff ‘calling in sick because they cannot afford fuel to get to work’

Unison chief attacks government for ‘not having a plan’ to tackle cost of living crisis as cost of filling typical family car tops £100 for first time

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2022

UK healthcare staff call in sick to avoid using car as cost of fuel soars, union says

Low-paid health and care workers cannot afford to fill tanks, head of Unison warns

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2022

'Major victory' as hundreds of jobs to be transferred to Scotland's NHS

Hundreds of workers at Wishaw’s University Hospital will be transferred from Serco to NHS Lanarkshire ...

The National (Scotland) · Jun 9, 2022

Perth and Kinross Council staff could take strike action over pay dispute

GMB Scotland senior organiser Keir Greenaway said unless COSLA "vastly improved" its two per cent pay rise offer "then industrial action looks inevitable"

Daily Record · May 31, 2022

Leeds university students' defiant message as they refuse to leave occupied building

Earlier today, the group occupied the finance offices of the university

Leeds Live · May 27, 2022

Leeds university students storm building and refuse to leave room for 3 days in protest

The students have been inside since Monday

Leeds Live · May 26, 2022

Outsourced NHS workers 'at wits end over unequal pay'

Unison claims workers are not given opportunities to progress in their job

Liverpool Echo · May 22, 2022

Bristol's St Monica Trust says it has been subject to 'misinformation' amid strike talks

A UNISON spokesperson said: “The accusation of ‘misinformation’ would be laughable if it didn’t have such serious consequences for the wellbeing of staff and residents"

Bristol Post · May 19, 2022

Struggling NHS staff may be forced to quit if they can't pay hospital parking fees

NHS staff on low salaries - some of whom rely on food banks - may have to quit their jobs because they can't afford to pay parking charges that have been reinstated by a hospital in Crewe

Daily Mirror · May 18, 2022

Dundee University strike staff return to work amid warnings that further action is ‘inevitable’

Union bosses continue to reject pension plans describing the proposals as ‘work until you drop’ reforms.

Daily Record · May 16, 2022