All Unite articles – Page 5
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NewsGovernment accused of 'manipulating' public opinion on pension reforms
The government has been accused of using “misleading data” in a bid to “manipulate” opinion over its controversial reform of public sector pensions, which is set to spark the biggest strike in decades.
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NewsNHS workers vote to strike
NHS staff and managers have voted to strike at the end of the month in protest at planned changes to public sector pensions.
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NewsSocial enterprise staff deals could create 'two tier workforce'
Health unions are warning of a growing “two tier workforce” as social enterprises replace NHS terms and conditions with their own employment packages.
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NewsPublic sector workers step up pensions campaign
A rally taking place today will be joined by public sector workers as a union campaign against the government’s controversial pension reforms gathers pace, with threatened strike action across the UK just a few weeks away.
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Potential industrial action at two North West path labs, Unite warns
WORKFORCE: Two acute trusts in the North West could face industrial action in their pathology labs.
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Lab scientists to vote on industrial action at Central Manchester FT
WORKFORCE: Biomedical scientists at Central Manchester University Hospitals are to be balloted for industrial action which their union warns could force the foundation trust to close at night.
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NewsNHS unions meeting to discuss joint walk out
Unions representing health service workers at all levels are meeting this afternoon to discuss potential industrial action over changes to the NHS pension scheme.
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NewsNHS privatisation 'has not been derailed' by Future Forum, says Unite
Unite has responded to the Future Forum report today by claiming that NHS privatisation is still on track, despite protests by health professionals to the Future Forum “listening exercise”.
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NewsUnions to meet NHS Blood Service over privatisation
Union leaders are to meet officials at the NHS Blood Service as part of their campaign against any moves to privatise the organisation.
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NewsUnite to parade coffin over 'death' of NHS
A coffin will be paraded outside Parliament today to symbolise the “death” of the NHS as part of a union protest against the government’s health reforms.
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NewsHealth visitors wary of recruitment plans
Nursery nurses and healthcare support workers could be recruited to health visiting teams in a bid to increase capacity and improve retention rates in the profession, HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times has learned.
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NewsReforms will destroy the NHS, claims Unite
Hospitals will close, tens of thousands of jobs will be axed and health services will become more expensive under the government’s radical NHS reforms, the country’s biggest union has warned.
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NewsPoll reveals public mistrust of reforms
Just one in four people support GPs using private companies to provide NHS services, one of the key measures of the government’s health reforms, the results of a new poll suggest.
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NewsChiefs urge further talks as unions reject pay deal
Trusts are hoping to continue talks on a proposal to freeze pay increments and offer greater job security for staff despite it being dismissed by the main health unions involved.
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NewsNurses cynical about increment freeze offer
More than 80 per cent of nurses believe their trust would fail to honour a proposed deal not to make compulsory redundancies over the next two years if they agreed to forego a pay rise, according to an poll by HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times.
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NewsNHS staff not entitled to royal wedding holiday
NHS staff are not legally entitled to take the extra national public holiday announced by the government to celebrate the royal wedding, HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times has found.
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NewsSHAs to set senior managers' pay at aspirant CFTs
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson’s decision to leave aspirant community foundation trust pay decisions with strategic health authorities could be a barrier to appointments, unions have warned.
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NewsMental health hit by integration issues
Mental health patients are failing to benefit from personal care budgets because of poor inter-agency working.
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NewsCouncils 'lagging' on social care personal budgets plan
Local authorities face a major challenge to implement personal budgets for social care with some already “lagging behind”, an Audit Commission report has warned.
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NewsUnion launches anti-white paper campaign
The union Unite has launched a campaign against the government’s white paper, which it says has no “democratic mandate” and represent the most significant move yet towards privatisation.