UNISON members who have just completed 5 days of strike action at the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield have just discovered that there is no government imposed pay cap. During pay negotiations the museum’s senior managers told UNISON that they were unable to make an improved pay offer as they are subject to a […]
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PSC TRADE UNION SIDE PAY BULLETIN #6 The trade unions have now met with the police employers twice to seek to deliver on the re-opener clause from our current pay agreement. Talks took place on 2 and 9 September 2022. The re-opener clause sets out that: ‘…in the event that a PRRB annual award is […]
A message from Karen Loughlin, Regional Secretary. As many members will know, John Cafferty has retired from UNISON and I became Regional secretary from from August. John wanted to say to you all, “It’s been a fantastic privilege to work for an organisation devoted to helping people and bettering society for all. I have worked […]
Pam Sian is a UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside Assistant Regional Convenor, Branch Secretary, Convenor and Equalities Officer, and Vice-chair of the region’s Black Members’ Group. 50 years since her family were caught up in the expulsion of Asians from Uganda, she recalls the traumatic events. On 4th August 1972, the President of Uganda, Idi Amin, […]
Police help desk staff at West Yorkshire Police to be balloted over cut to shift allowance, says UNISON
Police help desk staff across West Yorkshire are to be asked if they’d be prepared to take strike action over a planned cut to their shift allowance, says UNISON today (Wednesday).
Five days of action begin over pay increase way behind inflation.
Hundreds of staff at the University of Leeds, including cleaners, security workers, administrators and librarians are striking this week over a long-running pay dispute, says UNISON today (Monday).
UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside endorse Simon Lightwood to be the Labour candidate at the upcoming Wakefield by-election.
We are delighted to confirm that the Region’s biggest annual campaigning and social event, ‘UNISON : Providing Essential Cover for those Delivering Public Services” Raceday’, will be held this year at Doncaster Racecourse on Saturday 30th July 2022.
UNISON Active Magazine – Spring 2022
The National Probation Service/Probation Service has failed to apply a contractual term which says that staff who were appointed, re-graded or promoted between 1 October and 31 March in any financial year should be granted their first pay increment on the six-month anniversary of their appointment, regrading or promotion. The result is that staff employed by the NPS prior to the establishment of the reunified Probation Service who are part of this group may be one increment behind where they should be in their pay band and owed compensation for the resulting deduction of wages.
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