UNISON

Cllr Nick Adams-King, the leader of Hampshire County Council. Image: LDRS

Council leader says there are ‘no easy choices’ over £139m funding gap

Members of UNISON are being balloted on industrial action.

Union launches 'Pay Up 4 Pompey' campaign as strike ballot opens

UNISON says 'enough is enough' as council staff face strike ballot

Councils in Hampshire are bracing for possible strike action

Bin men in Eastleigh

Hampshire councils brace for possible strike action over pay

South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) and South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) have announced they will be joining forces to form the South Central and South East Ambulance Group.

Ambulance services join forces with aim to strengthen patient care

School support workers, cleaning staff and janitors are currently on strike in Scotland as the Unison union remains locked in a pay dispute with education chiefs. (Credit: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Breaking Scottish school support staff stage strike in pay dispute

Unison is balloting its members in schools and councils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland who are on nationally agreed pay for strike action to support its pay claim of 12.7 per cent. The postal ballot starts on 23 May and closes on 4 July. Unison is recommending members vote yes for strike action. Pictured is the Portsmouth Unison group

"The government keep telling us inflation will fall by the end of the year, but I have no confidence in their promises. In any case, the huge price rises that have already eaten into our wages will continue to do so. The cost of our 12.7% pay claim is approximately £1.1B. Half of this comes straight back to central government through increased tax payments and reduced benefits. This year's spring budget gave £9B of tax cuts to big business. During the pandemic £10B was wasted on PPE contracts that didn’t deliver. Central government can afford to fully fund the pay increase we need, and our schools and councils need. The only way we can get fair pay for school and council workers is to vote for strike action." said Jon Woods, Portsmouth City UNISON Branch Chair

Photo shows members of Portsmouth City UNISON getting behind the pay campaign at a meeting on 17 May 2023.

Portsmouth school and council workers are encouraged to go on strike

Mrs Hoyles has been left with psychological and physical pain since the incident. Picture: Adobe Stock.

Autism support worker injured by patient awarded thousands in compensation

Breaking Nurses to vote on England-wide strikes after rejecting 5% pay rise

International Day of the Midwife falls on Friday, 5 May in 202

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Members of the Royal College of Nursing union could strike until Christmas if no deal is reached with the government over pay. (Photo by Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Breaking Royal College of Nursing warns of more strikes

Royal College of Nurses members, campaigning for fair pay and conditions, pictured previously taking part in industrial action at Altnagelvin Hospital. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2250GS - 38

Breaking RCN rejects Government’s pay offer - new 48 hour strike to go ahead

MP Julie Elliott alongside paramedics on the picket line outside Sunderland Ambulance station.

Breaking NHS Unison members accept pay deal offer in England

Nursing strikes 2023: Royal College of Nursing, the GMB & Unison back new pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Breaking Nursing strikes 2023: Unions back pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Nurses striking on January 18, 2023 outside Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portmsouth.

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Unions call off strikes by NHS staff as government offers new pay deal
Unions have suspended further strikes by ambulance and other NHS staff and will recommend acceptance of a new pay offer to NHS workers.
Chris Broom

South Central Ambulance Service

Two ambulance strike dates cancelled by trade unions

National ambulance and NHS trade unions have announced a day of strike action to take place tomorrow.

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Christina McAnea, general secretary of UNISON, poses with ambulance workers at a picket line outside the Waterloo ambulance station in London on December 21, 2022. - Striking UK ambulance workers took to the picket lines, escalating a dispute with the government over its refusal to increase pay above inflation after recent walkouts by nurses. (Photo by Niklas HALLE’N / AFP) (Photo by NIKLAS HALLE’N/AFP via Getty Images)

Ambulance workers in England announce two new strike dates

List of all the strikes taking place in the lead up to Christmas 2022

Army staff helped operate ambulance services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

1,200 troops to cover for striking ambulance & Border Force staff

A group of fraudsters have been posing as ambulance staff and knocking on doors asking for financial support ahead of upcoming industrial action.

Fraudsters posing as ambulance staff seen asking for donations

Staff at the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield are on strike (Photo credit OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Wakefield’s National Coal Mining Museum staff to strike over pay

The University of Portsmouth nursery is subject to a 30-day consultation process across July and August and could close in December. Parents and staff are determined to save the nursery from closure.

Pictured is: Staff, parents and children at the nursery where they are doing everything they can to save the nursery.

Picture: Sarah Standing (220822-1905)

University nursery staff and parents launch ‘save our crèche’ campaign

Protesters attend a demonstration in Parliament Square about the rising cost of living and energy bills on February 12, 2022 in London, United Kingdom. Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images

Portsmouth workers endure 'living nightmare' as wages slump and prices soar

Union fears around 1,700 jobs are set to be cut by the energy firm. Pic Ovo Energy/PA Wire

Union says 1,700 proposed job losses and closure of firm site's 'devastating'

Paramedics attending to a casualty from an explosion in Nelson Avenue. Picture: Mike Cooter (221021)

Fewer emergency workers keeping Portsmouth safe than 10 years ago
FEWER emergency workers are keeping the people of Portsmouth safe than a decade ago, figures suggest.
Tom Cotterill

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Unison has urged ministers to abandon the “draconian” no jab, no job policy (Photo: Getty Images)

Mandatory jab deadline for carers risks ‘catastrophic’ staff shortages

Unions are calling on carers to be paid the real living wage of £9.50 an hour

Calls made to pay carers in Portsmouth 'their worth'

Naomi Singh, left, and Madeleine Myers. NHS pay protest, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth
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Protestors to march on Portsmouth to demand better pay for NHS

The Grim Reaper made a Halloween appearance in Guildhall Square today. Picture: David George

Grim Reaper stalks city streets

There were no deaths in Portsmouth care homes linked to Covid-19 between June 13 and 19, and there were five in the Hampshire County Council area. Picture: Shutterstock

5 Covid-19 deaths recorded in Hampshire County Council area care homes - with no...

The Hampshire County Council area has seen the largest number of Covid-19 deaths in care homes since records began

'No room for complacency' - warning as weekly number of care home deaths in Hamp...

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COMMENT: Key workers deserve to be rewarded for their efforts

Key workers, like staff at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham, make up almost a third of the workforce in Portsmouth. Picture: Sarah Standing

Key workers almost a third of the city’s workforce

Provisional figures from the CQC suggest care home deaths from coronavirus are declining nationally. Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Health bosses urge ‘vigilance’ as care home deaths fall

File photo dated 21/7/2011 of a sign for SSE. The energy provider SSE has agreed to sell its household supply business to Ovo Group in a ??500 million deal. PA Photo. Issue date: Friday September 13, 2019. See PA story CITY SSE. Photo credit should read: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

SSE announces plans to cut 2,600 jobs

These are your rights as a worker during the coronavirus pandemic

Care homes in Hampshire have had the highest number of coronavirus related deaths in England. Stock picture: Esme Allen

Care home deaths in Hampshire rise to 275

QA staff observing a one minute silence for workers who have died with Covid-19.

Picture: Queen Alexandra Hospital

QA Hospital staff observe minute silence for colleagues

A minute's silence will be held across the UK today (28 April) to commemorate the key workers who have lost their lives from Covid-19 (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s what you need to know about today’s minute’s silence for key workers

Unions have called for a 10 per cent pay rise for council staff.

Portsmouth councillors brand unions' demands for council worker pay as 'complete...

A Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service fire engine. Picture: Chris Moorhouse (240119-9)

County fire crews called to help move eight severely obese people last year

Thousands of jobs at risk this Christmas as energy giant Npower reveals huge shake-up. Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Thousands of jobs at risk this Christmas as energy giant Npower reveals huge sha...

Finn Piper, 11, from Emsworth, at the last Climate Change Protest.

Trade unions and council workers to support children’s strike action

Finn Piper, 11, from Emsworth, at the last Climate Change Protest.

Trade unions and council workers to support children’s strike action

If you’re a smoker then nipping out for a cigarette or vape at work may be much needed (Photo: Shutterstock)

These are the laws about smoking or vaping at work - and how many breaks you can...

Only adult social care workers directly employed by Portsmouth City Council will benefit from the Unison charters

Union says council’s pledge to social care policy is ‘not good enough’

Only adult social care workers directly employed by Portsmouth City Council will benefit from the Unison charters

Union says council’s pledge to social care policy is ‘not good enough’

US President Donald Trump with his wife Melania view a special exhibition in the Picture Gallery of items from the Royal Collection of historical significance to the US, following a private lunch at Buckingham Palace in London. Tolga Akmen/PA Wire

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Unison members outside Portsmouth Guildhall on Monday

City trade unionists rally against racism outside Portsmouth Guildhall

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Adult social workers set for pay rise '“Â but budget fears raised

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Lowest paid workers at Portsmouth City Council to see pay rise by September

Hampshire library workers told '˜not to mention budget constraints' or face disc...