Worker Wins Case for Minimum Wage Breach
An employee in the healthcare sector with the support of his trade union, UNISON, has won his case for breach of minimum wage after proceedings were lodged at an Industrial Tribunal in Belfast.
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UNISON NORTHERN HEALTH BRANCH SECURES FANTASTIC JOB EVALUATION OUTCOME FOR NORTHERN TRUST HOMECARE WORKERS
UNISON Northern Health is celebrating with their homecare members who have just been awarded a band 3 job evaluation outcome. This process evaluates jobs to ensure members are paid in line with the duties they are undertaking.
UNISON Congratulates Southern Trust Domiciliary Care Workers On Their Rebanding Success
Congratulations to the Southern Trust Domiciliary Care Workers!
UNISON is very proud to announce that the post of Domiciliary Care Worker in the Southern Trust has been successfully rebanded from a band 2 to a band 3 following your successful job evaluation application. UNISON values all of our Domiciliary Care Workers for the important contribution they make to Health and Social Care and this is an important acknowledgement of your skills in providing care to vulnerable people in the community.
UNISON Organising Awards
The UNISON Organising Awards for 2017 took place on Thursday 22nd March 2018 in the Belfast Castle.
The awards took the chance to showcase the work that UNISON branches across Northern Ireland had successfully completed in 2017 and were attended by branches, regional staff, members of the NEC and the UNISON president Margaret McKee.
UNISON There For You Trustee Elections 2018
Apply now to be a trustee of UNISON’s own charity.
Being a trustee of ‘There for you’ (working name of UNISON Welfare) is a challenging but highly rewarding role. Trustees are responsible for directing the charity in line with our mission and ensuring the organisation is managed effectively.
DEMAND FOR FULL FUNDING FOR PAY DEAL FOR NI HEALTH WORKERS
UNISON Lead Negotiator in the Northern Ireland Health service responding to the public announcement of a pay deal for NHS workers in England will seek to ensure full funding will be available to ensure our workers have the full benefit of the deal applied to them.
We will be meeting other unions, the Department of Health and employers to advance this.
The pay deficit already suffered by health workers in Northern Ireland must be ended.
UNISON Celebrates International Women's Day
Past, Present, Future: Women on the Offensive! In celebration of International Women's Day 2018
Thursday 8th March 2018, 6pm-9pm, UNISON Galway House Belfast.
From the first women trade union organisers to today’s women activists, the battle for women’s rights at work, in their unions and in society, continues.
UNISON NI supports the CWU Close The Gap Campaign
The Communication Workers Union has launched a campaign to support Manpower agency staff working on the BT contract to earn the real living wage. UNISON NI are showing their support by urging our members to sign the petition here
To find out more about the campaign go to https://www.cwu.org/campaign/close-the-gap/
#CloseTheGap
It’s the classic win-win
Join the UNISON lottery – win cash prizes AND support our charity, There for You
The new UNISON Lottery has arrived. Relaunched on 1 February, all members can enter the monthly draw for as little as £1 a month and be in with the chance of winning prizes up to £1,000.
It’s also a powerful way to support There for You, the charity for UNISON members.
Every year, more than 3,000 members and their families come to There for You for help – often in desperation, with difficulties in their personal lives.
‘I see first-hand how lack of funding is harming the NHS’
UNISON president Margaret McKee works at the Royal Victoria hospital in Belfast
UNISON president and hospital catering assistant Margaret McKee gives a rousing speech at the union’s women’s conference in Liverpool.
Ms Mckee works at the Royal Victoria hospital in Belfast and told conference of the challenges she sees her colleagues and patients facing.
“Operations are being cancelled,” she said. “People are dying before they can be treated.”
And there are problems all public sector workers face: