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Health Trade Unions welcome the announcement regarding the extension of the removal of car parking charges for health workers.

This is especially welcome in light of the ongoing efforts and time spent by staff in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

In welcoming this move, Trade Unions believe this must be the time to reconsider the approach to staff parking charges in its entirety.

Today, along with many across the nation, we will be marking one year of the Covid-19 pandemic with a Day of Reflection. You are asked to observe a minute's silence at 12 noon to look back on the challenges and changes both our colleagues and members have all faced over the last year. We encourage you to take some time out of your day to join in with this moment of quiet reflection.

UNISON has joined with other unions and submitted a pay claim for 2021/22, which they say begins to redress a decade of cuts and recognises the key role played in the pandemic by school and council staff.

We want to see a ‘substantial’ pay increase from this April with a wage rise of at least 10% for all school support employees and council workers in Northern Ireland, Wales and England.

Under the claim, the pay of the lowest paid workers would go above £10 per hour – lifting them above the real living wage of £9.50 per hour .

Health workers in Northern Ireland are joining staff across the NHS calling on Rishi Sunak to recognise the work they've done to protect lives and fund a decent pay rise in this week's Budget, says UNISON today (​Monday).

More than 60,000 health care assistants, porters, operating theatre staff, nurses, caterers, ambulance staff, cleaners and members of the public have signed a letter to the Chancellor asking him to properly reward NHS staff for their work before and during the pandemic.