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All together for the NHS
22.02.11
"Don't be a fool – support the NHS," UNISON wants members to tell MPs across the UK on April Fool’s Day.
» ReadLiberty backs the fight against cuts
22.02.11
Liberty, the UK's leading civil liberties organisation, is supporting the campaign against the spending cuts – and the national demonstration against the government's policies on 26 March.
» ReadGMB MEMBERS IN PORTSMOUTH THREATEN STRIKE ACTION
22.02.11
GMB members employed by Portsmouth City Council have made clear that they will apply to the GMB Central Executive Council (CEC) for permission to hold a ballot for industrial action if the City Council makes any move to impose threatened cuts in pay, payment for working overtime, payment for working unsocial hours, any cut in holiday entitlement or reduction in redundancy payments.
» ReadTop Tory tells chancellor to think again on pensions
21.02.11
The top Conservative in local government has told chancellor George Osborne that his plans for council workers' pensions risk making the scheme unviable.
» Read5th firm says work royal wedding
21.02.11
GMB members at Thomas Armstrongtold April 29 is a normal working day with no bank holiday premium and to take the day off through the normal holiday booking procedure.
» Read184,073 jobs under threat
21.02.11
A total of 184,073 public sector jobs are under threat at 297 local councils and authorities, at local NHS bodies and other public bodies as a result of the spending cuts, the latest GMB round–up reveals. The full list of councils and authorities and of NHS and other public bodies are set out in 'Notes to Editors' below.
» Read‘Put your money where your mouth is’
18.02.11
Funding cuts may force more than half of domestic violence support services across the country to close in March, UNISON's women's conference heard in Harrogate today.
» ReadOur NHS is not for sale
18.02.11
UNISON's women's conference challenged the government's plans to dismantle the NHS at the annual conference in Harrogate today.
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