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Private contractor gets funding from government to pay non-medical staff the COVID bonus

“The cruel irony, that Mitie say they can’t afford to pay low-paid workers the COVID bonus but can find the money for the strike breaking, has not […]

“I went there as a young girl – and I’ve done everything there,” she explains. “I did 22 years as a porter; I’ve […]

Employer announces it will return the workers to national pay, terms and conditions after last week’s industrial action

Together with the GMB and Unite, the move comes after the council vowed to end the contract with Sandwell Leisure Trust in the wake of its decision to fire and rehire all staff

UNISON members set to take to the picket lines for a sixth time in continued fight against their employer’s fire and rehire tactics

West Midlands members continue their long-running action over contracts

Sandwell branch secretary Tony Barnsley, said: “Despite promising not to make any further changes to terms other than pay until March 2022, management have now sent the trade unions proposals to […]

Leisure trust that is set to run the aquatic centre for next year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham is targeting staff while having millions in the bank

West Midlands trust criticised for reimposing parking charges that were meant to be free during the pandemic

A homeless hostel team leader talks about how the coronavirus pandemic has made her and her colleagues’ jobs harder than ever

Elsewhere, UNISON responded to the government’s consultation  on proposed changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) warning them to “think again”. The […]

Bringing the 111 and 999 services together should lead to “real improvements” for both patients and staff

Members in UNISON and Unite had voted 100% to take industrial action before council regraded them

I didn’t know what the framework was.” This was in Easter 2017. Then she noticed that a UNISON sixth form and FE college seminar, in Leicester, included a workshop on term-time working, and […]