Today UNISON’S Convenor, Jan Tomlinson & Cymru Secretary, Jess Turner gathered with colleagues to mark International Workers Memorial Day which falls this Sunday.

Every year workers die in preventable circumstances.
We remember those lost, and fight for safer workplaces for all.

A major step for trade unions and care staff in Wales, which will lead to improvement in living standards and value placed upon care workers.
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Our Service Group Executives decide what campaigns to run on pay, terms & conditions, funding for public services and can take decisions on strike ballots & strike days.

Our care lead, Mark Turner, spoke to BBC Radio Wales this morning about the launch of the National Office for Care and Support in Wales, a major step towards a national care service.

Listen from 23 mins: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

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See. It can be done.

UNISON Cymru/Wales has led the way, working with Welsh Government, to create a national negotiating body for adult social care. A very significant moment.

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Thousands of care staff in Wales will see their pay and working conditions improved thanks to a major step forward by unions including UNISON - UK's largest union.

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Diolch Mark Drakeford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 am bopeth rydych wedi gwneud dros weithwyr Cymru.

Today our General Council thanked Mark Drakeford for his work on behalf of workers in all sectors across Wales.

And we celebrated the pioneering social partnership legislation introduced by his government.

The next UNISON - UK's largest union Cymru/Wales Comms Forum meeting & training session takes place on Friday May 17 from 10.30am-3.30pm at our Cardiff office.

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Great to see UNISON - UK's largest union Wales regional secretary Jess Turner featured on the latest BBC Wales News Politics Wales programme talking about the four day working week.

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Watch the show here: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Our regional secretary Jess Turner featured on the
BBC Wales News Politics Wales programme for a discussion on the four day working week.

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Childcare costs and lack of nursery places pushing NHS workers out of jobs

A lack of affordable and accessible childcare is forcing health workers to rethink their futures, according to a new UNISON survey of 1,700 NHS staff working across the UK

The findings show that a

More of our amazing health members are out on strike today. This time in the East Midlands, where HCAs are demanding the right banding for the jobs they do.

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#PayFairForPatientCare

The Welsh Government has a timeline for a National Care Service For Wales but UNISON - UK's largest union believes the whole UK needs a #NationalCareService , where care workers are treated with dignity, paid well & not driven by profit

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In UNISON - UK's largest union's year of LGBT+ workers, we are asking members how they can make their workplace more inclusive. Members UNISON Healthcare conference had some great ideas!

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Pay campaign sees 35,000 HCAs and some nurses up-banded - Nursing Times

UNISON's #PayFairForPatientCare campaign has focused on HCAs, but agreements have also been won for nurses, phlebotomists, ward clerks, security officers and reception staff.
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Solidarity from UNISON health conference 2024 to representatives from some of the many strikes this year for better pay

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Amazing moment as UNISON health conference goes live to HCAs on the picket line at James Cook Hospital ✊💜

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NHS staff including ambulance workers, porters, nurses & cleaners have been shown pornographic images, offered money for sex, and assaulted at work.

That’s according to the union Unison which says it’s ‘shocked’ by the findings of its survey of more than 12,000 health workers.