A nursery worker from Wakefield has been awarded almost £20,000 at an employment tribunal, after her claims for unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal were successful, says UNISON today (Thursday). Susan Hodgson (pictured above, right, alongside UNISON rep Carol Dewrow) had been employed as a nursery manager by South Elmsall Community Facilities since September 2018. The […]
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Healthcare assistants at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust have voted overwhelmingly to accept an offer of back pay to compensate for tasks carried out above their pay grade, says UNISON today (Tuesday). The healthcare assistants have been employed on band 2 of the NHS Agenda for Change salary scale, but have for years undertaken clinical duties, which […]
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 […]
Healthcare workers at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield who are campaigning to be rebanded so their pay reflects the tasks they carry out have received support from their MP, says UNISON today (Friday). Many of the healthcare assistants at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, including those in Wakefield, have been on band 2 of the NHS’s […]
Managers at Wakefield College must think again after denying staff a wage rise despite being given the funds to do so, says UNISON today (Friday). The union has launched a formal pay dispute over the college’s refusal to discuss any pay increase. UNISON says a pay rise rise is both deserved and needed as prices […]
A secondary school in Wakefield has been forced to close today (Thursday) after an in-depth survey identified reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) was present in the building, says UNISON. St Thomas a Becket Catholic Secondary School is now closed for the rest of the week and will move to online learning after half term (from Monday […]
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 […]
Almost 100 workers at the National Coal Mining Museum for England (NCMME) in Wakefield have secured a pay rise, UNISON says today (Monday). They include ex-miners who make the history of the coal industry accessible by giving talks and tours of the underground tunnels at the former Caphouse Colliery. The increase means staff currently paid […]
UNISON Yorkshire and Humberside is pleased to nominate Jade Botterill as the Labour party parliamentary candidate for Ossett and Denby Dale. “We need a candidate with the experience to win and ability to represent us from day one. From working in our communities to amending legislation in Parliament, I know what I’m doing and I’m […]
Planned strike action by almost 100 workers at the National Coal Mining Museum for England (NCMME) have been put on hold, UNISON says today. Workers at the museum include ex-miners who keep the heritage of the coal industry alive for a new generation by giving talks and tours of the underground tunnels at Wakefield’s former […]
