On Monday 27th November activists and officials from UNISON West Midlands met Andy Haldane, the Bank of England’s Chief Economist. Mr Haldane is a member of the Monetary Policy Committee that sets interest rates. This visit was part of a UK wide tour by Mr Haldane designed to improve communications between the Bank of England […]
UNISON’s petition calling on the government to scrap the public sector pay cap and give NHS, council, police and schools staff a decent pay rise will be debated today (Monday) in Parliament. Ahead of the debate, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis has written to the Prime Minister to ask her why the Budget failed to […]
Every month UNISON wins thousands of pounds for our members who are injured at work or at home through no fault of their own. Unlike no-win no-fee lawyers the union does not charge for this service and all the compensation goes to the member. In October this year we won over £96,000 for our members
In his years working with UNISON member learning at Birmingham City branch, Donald McCombie has organised a huge range of creative activities. In this blog he talks about that. I have always believed that within the membership of UNISON there lies a vast wealth of creativity. Mostly people are just lacking the opportunity to use […]
Those affected included admin staff, careers advisors, science and art technicians and, like herself, Learning Resource Centre staff. The […]
Members in UNISON and Unite had voted 100% to take industrial action before council regraded them
Bringing the 111 and 999 services together should lead to “real improvements” for both patients and staff
August, usually a time of lazy days and holidays, the silly season and not much happening… but these are strange times and at UNISON, we’re always busy
“Everybody’s talking about PPE for the NHS and people working in care homes. I’ve never heard anyone mention other auxiliary services or […]
West Midlands trust criticised for reimposing parking charges that were meant to be free during the pandemic
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
The fourth day of action in the last 12 months comes on the back of proposals for more cuts to terms and conditions
West Midlands members continue their long-running action over contracts
UNISON members set to take to the picket lines for a sixth time in continued fight against their employer’s fire and rehire tactics
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
