Police staff across the UK are facing a crisis of poor morale caused by low pay, unbearable workloads and worsening stress levels, says UNISON today (Thursday). A survey of more than 5,000 skilled police staff working alongside police officers reveals more than one in five (21%) are considering leaving their job within the next two years. Among those who took part were 999 […]
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Homecare services for people in Kirklees must be brought back in-house and delivered by the council, says UNISON today (Tuesday). The union is calling on Kirklees Council to deliver the services itself, rather than outsourcing to private care providers, as part of efforts to crack down on the exploitation of migrant care workers. Currently, anyone […]
The latest newsletter from UNISON Yorkshire and Humberside regional convenor Wendy Nichols and regional secretary Karen Loughlin, for October 2024, is now available. It includes details of the maternity support workers’ dispute in Grimsby, UNISON’s campaign for police staff, the Black History Month Awards evening and more. Click here to read the newsletter
New migrant care worker charter will help stop exploitation in Yorkshire and Humberside, says UNISON
Councils are being urged to sign a new charter to tackle the exploitation of migrant workers across Yorkshire and Humberside, says UNISON today (Monday). The migrant worker charter launched by the union aims to prevent social care staff from becoming victims of modern slavery when they travel from overseas to work in the region. It highlights […]
Politicians across Yorkshire must step up and take serious action to crack down on the exploitation of migrant care workers, says UNISON today (Tuesday). Increasing numbers of migrant workers in the care sector have been joining UNISON over the past year and reporting incidents of exploitation they have experienced. These include being forced to pay […]
Councils across Yorkshire and Humberside have a collective hole in their finances amounting to £345.4m for the coming financial year, says UNISON research published today (Tuesday). New figures, based on information from local authorities across Yorkshire and Humberside, show council funding is in a dire state with massive cuts likely to essential services and jobs, says the […]
More than 360,000 council and school support staff across England and Wales will begin voting today (Wednesday) on whether to take strike action over pay, says UNISON. The 2024/25 flat rate pay offer of £1,290 from local government employers falls short of what council employees need and has also been superseded by the deals achieved […]
Maternity support workers in Grimsby are to strike for a week over their employer’s failure to put forward an acceptable offer to compensate them for tasks they have carried out above their pay grade, says UNISON. The staff, who were previously on band 2 of the NHS Agenda for Change pay scale, have carried out […]
Support given to social workers in Leeds by their employer the city council must be improved, after recent disorder left an employee injured, says UNISON today (Monday). The incident in Harehills last month resulted in hundreds of people demonstrating angrily in the streets, with a police car overturned and a double decker bus set on […]
We’re back with the next instalment of our ‘Five Questions With…’ series, where we’re hearing from LGBT+ members in the Yorkshire and Humberside region to mark UNISON’s Year of LGBT+ workers. Today it’s Michael… Who are you? My name is Michael Austin and I am the Branch Chair of Leeds Beckett University UNISON. What do […]
