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Today we remember our former colleague and friend Mags, who sadly passed away earlier this month. Mags spent several years in the UNISON health team, working in various hospitals and building relationships with branch officers, members and employers before retiring in 2016. She worked on student nurse recruitment and delivered many women’s confidence building […]
UNISON Green Week is a wonderful opportunity for Regional UNISON branches to raise awareness about environmental issues, promote sustainability, and encourage eco-friendly practices within the workplace and in branches. Wendy Nichols Regional Convenor says, “I am delighted to promote UNISON’s upcoming ‘Green Week’. This week-long event will be dedicated to raising awareness about environmental issues, […]
The South Yorkshire Festival returns to Wortley Hall on Sunday 6th August 11am until 5pm. Entrance is free, with car parking charged at £3 – all proceeds from this go to charity and Wortley Halls restoration fund. With gift & craft stalls, union & charity stalls outside and within the main hall. Live band performances […]
Rotherham Gravediggers vote for strike action over pay Rotherham’s cemetery grounds maintenance staff, including gravediggers have voted resoundingly in favour of taking industrial action up to and including strike action as they ramp up the pressure on their employer in their efforts to achieve fair pay as the double impact of inflation and interest rate […]
Black History Month Awards 2023 2023 is the year of the Black worker and in October Sheffield Teaching Hospital UNISON branch are hosting and sponsoring an awards ceremony. This event is open to nominations from all Yorkshire & Humberside branches. The event will be on Friday 13 October 2023, in Sheffield at a venue to […]
Local hospital Trust announces placement pledge with UNISON On 2 May 2023, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) are working in partnership with UNISON, pledging to support healthcare students in making the most of their clinical placements. As the first of its kind in the Yorkshire and Humberside region, the new partnership sees the […]
Closure of South Yorkshire health and disability support service will have devastating impact on the vulnerable, says UNISON Thousands of vulnerable people in Sheffield, including those with learning disabilities, are to lose a vital support service, says UNISON. Staff at the Sheffield Case Register are to lose their jobs following an announcement by Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust that Sheffield City Council will not […]
Thousands of university workers strike again over wages, says UNISON Higher education staff are walking out over the coming days in a third wave of strikes over inadequate pay, says UNISON today (Thursday). Administrators, cleaners, library, security and catering workers – many of them the lowest paid in the university sector – are […]
UNISON ambulance workers strike for a fourth day over pay and staffing Ambulance staff working for five services in England – London, Yorkshire, the North West, North East and South West – will be taking part in further industrial action tomorrow (Friday 10 February) over NHS pay and staffing. Paramedics, emergency care assistants, ambulance technicians, […]
Thousands of Environment Agency employees belonging to UNISON and Prospect are to take strike action tomorrow in the growing dispute about pay. Staff working in river inspection, flood forecasting, coastal risk management and pollution control will stage industrial action in Yorkshire & Humberside on Wednesday (8 February) starting at 7:30am. In addition, for 12 hours […]
