In July, UNISON members in education and local government who are on contracted NJC terms and conditions will be asked to decide whether to accept or reject the employers' final offer of 2.75%. This is the best that can be achieved by negotiation.
The final pay offer includes:
As the lockdown restrictions continue to be relaxed in different ways in Northern Ireland, UNISON has rounded up the essential Health & Safety information our members and activists need to know. If you have concerns about what is happening in your workplace or would like to become a health & safety rep, please contact your branch. You can find branch details here.
On June 28th 2019 UNISON health workers representing their colleagues across the Northern Ireland Health and Social Services system took their call to end an NHS pay deficit to the Treasury and Parliament in London.
To find out more about the campaign and to pledge your support, follow the link below.
https://www.betterworkbetterlives.org/
Stars in Our Schools is a celebration of school support staff. UNISON has organised the day to celebrate the wonderful work they do every day and to make sure the world knows just how vital they are to children’s education.
On Friday 24 November 2017 schools across the UK held ceremonies, put on special assemblies and even dressed up as super heroes to celebrate.
On 24th August 2017 proposed cuts of £70 million across five Health Trusts were announced.
For years now, public service workers have seen their pay held back by government in the name of austerity. First a freeze then a cap saw public sector pay rise by just 4.4% between 2010 and 2016 while the cost of living rose by 22%.
UNISON has launched a manifesto outlining our expectations from politicians on issues such as health, social care, education, living wage, human rights, equality, poverty, the EU.
UNISON is campaigning for a living wage
UNISON is campaigning both locally and nationally for a living wage.
We are campaigning across the country with low-paid workers for individual employers to pay the living wage and campaigning nationally for a new, higher statutory minimum which reflects the living wage.
Over a parliament, steep increases to the minimum wage should be implemented to bring it into line with the UK living wage.
When people think of the NHS, they probably think of doctors, nurses and paramedics. But what about the rest of the NHS workforce who work behind the scenes and carry out hundreds of different roles every day to make sure that patients and their families get the best treatment possible? We want to promote the message that all NHS staff, whatever their job, play an important role in delivering quality patient care in their own different ways.