Over 200 job losses to tackle a significant budget shortfall at Wakefield Council will have a serious impact on council staff and services for people in the city, warns UNISON today (Tuesday). UNISON research published earlier this year found that Wakefield Council is short of around £23m needed to maintain essential services in 2025/26. But […]
Wakefield Council
Wakefield Council has confirmed the closure of a care home in Knottingley will only be temporary after extensive talks with UNISON over its future, the union says today (Wednesday). The council said on Friday that Hazel Garth, a 24-unit residential care home in Knottingley, is to close for essential maintenance. At the time, the council’s […]
Plans to privatise the building security service at Wakefield Council have been scrapped after UNISON intervention. The union was informed on Tuesday 3 October that the service was going to be privatised and outsourced, with 15 council-employed security guards transferred to Robertson Facilities Management (Robertson FM) under a Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment), or […]
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