Huge congratulations to Kim McGuinness. ✊🌹 She'll be a fantastic Mayor for the North East.

🌹🌹BREAKING: Labour's Kim McGuinness convincingly wins North East mayoral election for Labour despite left challenge from .. Latest from her speech and reaction here (chart via BBC) labourlist.org/2024/05/north-…

Labour WIN: Congratulations to Kim McGuinness, the new Labour North East Mayor🌹

Wes Streeting supports a national care service The shadow secretary of state for health and social care discusses why a national care service is so important to any future Labour government. magazine.unison.org.uk/2024/05/01/wes…

After 14 years of the Tories, working people are worse off than ever. Only Labour with Rachel Reeves as Chancellor has a plan to make you better off. theguardian.com/politics/artic…

In Durham for the inaugural meeting of the new North East Combined Authority, with mayor Kim McGuinness in the chair

First meeting of the new North East Combined Authority, after the election of mayor Kim McGuinness On her first day in the job, she's told us she has already instructed officials "to start the process of bringing buses back under public control"

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3 women Mayors. It felt a big moment when me and Claire Ward joined Tracy Brabin WY 🌹 at the table of The Labour Party Mayors increasing the number of women by 200%. Now we’ll campaign to make Rachel Reeves the first woman Chancellor and Angela Rayner deputy PM. Change is happening.

Today is #ODP day! 🎉 We are highlighting and celebrating the work of Operating Department Practitioners. #ODPHiddenNoLonger Thank you to all our #ODPs for delivering excellent care for patients in hospital theatres and recovery.

UNISON Northern Regional Secretary, Clare Williams, has today written an open letter to North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals reqesting urgent talks to resolve the ongoing dispute relating to fair banding and back pay for Health Care Assistants. Link to online version 👇

Keir Starmer will bring the change our country needs. These are Keir’s first steps towards delivering our missions labour.org.uk/firststeps

Solidarity with Healthcare Assistants on Teesside starting a 5-day strike today ✊💜 Trusts should recognise their work and pay these dedicated staff fairly. Send your support! #PayFairforPatientCare UNISON Northern

Hundreds of Healthcare Assistants and Clinical Support Workers are on strike again this week, in a re-banding and back pay dispute. For too long, they've been undervalued and it is time for their work to be recognised. #payfairforpatientcare 📌 North Tees & Hartlepool

Hats off to all the HCAs refusing to back down 👏 You deserve to be paid fairly for the work you do. Now it's time for the trusts to show their employees some respect and get back around the negotiating table. Solidarity UNISON Northern ✊✊✊

Henry the pooch is sending his messages of solidarity to strikers at James Cook today! 💜💚 #dogsonpicketlines

'UNISON is at a loss as to why the trust does not want to show it values staff by agreeing to meet UNISON to find a resolution to this dispute' Regional secretary Clare Williams UNISON Northern writes to North Tees and Hartlepool & South Tees Hospitals NHS FTs

Become a #votingvolunteer here! rcn.org.uk/MyRCN/voting-v… #fairpayfornursing The RCN

Members at James Cook NHS Hospital, we're in the dining area, raising awareness of our consultation on the NHS pay award. Make sure you have your say on how you feel about the 5.5% pay award before 16 September. rcn.org.uk/MyRCN/England-… South Tees Hospitals #NHSPay

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