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Mike Kalaher obituary

Other lives: Trade union official who spent 37 years as a negotiator and recruiter for Unison

The Guardian - UK

Social workers in England quitting in record numbers

Numbers fall for first time since 2017 despite increased need due to cost of living crisis

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh Budget: Protests demand 'no cuts' to services and call for more money

Ahead of today's Edinburgh budget meeting, protesters dressed as characters from an Edwardian novel as they warned more cash was needed for the city.

Edinburgh Live

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Up to 32,000 Unison NHS staff in England to strike on 8 March

Union hits out after it was excluded from talks between health secretary and Royal College of Nursing

The Guardian - UK

Staff at EVERY ambulance service bar one to strike in England on new March date

Unison announced up to 32,000 NHS workers - including paramedics, nurses, blood collection workers, healthcare assistants, cleaners and porters - will down tools on the new March date.

Daily Mirror

London Ambulance Service among paramedics that will strike on March 8

It comes after nursing strikes scheduled for next week were paused as union officials hold talks with the Government

Evening Standard

Nurses strike FINALLY paused as new pay talks open with Tories in dramatic development

Nurses have suspended upcoming strikes and announced new pay talks are to be held with the government amid the ongoing industrial dispute that has seen hundreds of thousands of appointments cancelled

Daily Mirror

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Health union recommends members back pay deal for NHS staff in Scotland

SCOTLAND'S largest health union has recommended its members accept a record pay deal offered to NHS workers north of the border.

The National (Scotland)

Strikes by university staff called off after pay breakthrough

Move follows agreement from employers on lowest-paid workers and review of salary grades

The Guardian - UK

Ambulance staff to strike on Monday in Wales as second union rejects latest pay offer

The 1,500 more workers will now join 10,000 ambulance workers across Wales and England on strike on Monday

Wales Online

Mapped: Which areas will be hit hardest by NHS strikes

RCN has announced walkouts at more than 120 NHS employers in England

The Independent UK

More than 10,000 extra ambulance workers vote to strike in ANOTHER huge escalation

Unison today accused the government of 'being on another planet' as the row over pay and safety deepens - with four ambulance services as well as staff at NHS Blood and Transplant and Great Ormond Street Hospital voting to strike after being re-balloted

Daily Mirror

Thousands more ambulance workers set to join strikes over pay and staffing

Union says most parts of England will now be covered by industrial action

Wales Online

NHS Scotland pay boost offer would make staff 'best paid in UK', says Humza Yousaf

Yousaf said the deal meant NHS Scotland workers were 'by far and away the best paid anywhere in the UK'.

The National (Scotland)

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Daily Record

Union official from Lanarkshire 'wore French knickers' during alleged sex attack

Unison regional organiser Gerry Crawley will face trial next month

The Guardian - UK

Nurses set to withdraw from A&E and intensive care units as strike intensifies

UK’s biggest nursing union prompts alarm among senior officials by calling on intensive care workers to join walkouts

Glasgow Live

Cuts to Glasgow care homes and addiction services proposed to save £22m

Savings options drawn up to plug a huge budget gap also include closing a children's residential home, shutting a day centre for people with learning disabilities and slashing funding for care home beds.

Chronicle Live

Prime Minister should 'come clean' about how he intends to resolve NHS strikes says North East union figure

Clare Williams from UNISON said it was time for the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to be clear about his intentions

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Liverpool Echo

Striking ambulance workers say 'you get more working at Costa coffee'

"People are still under the impression if they phone an ambulance they'll get seen quickly. That's no longer the case."

Evening Standard

University staff continue 48-hour strike despite move for fresh talks

UCU and four other higher education unions – EIS, GMB, Unison and Unite – will meet employer representatives for talks next week

Glasgow Live

Staff at universities across Glasgow to walk out for third time amid pay row

Some of the lowest paid in the university sector, including administrators, cleaners, library, security and catering staff are among those taking industrial action.

Wales Online

The full details of the 7% pay rise offer made to NHS workers in Wales to end the strikes

This is the final offer from the Welsh Government

Bristol Post

Now even the Environment Agency workers are on strike

"Running the agency and its staff into the ground is an act of wilful negligence by ministers"

The Guardian - UK

England’s flood warning systems on autopilot again as staff stage strike

Workers at Environment Agency who protect communities from weather disasters among those striking for second time in month

Belfast Live

Full list of Northern Ireland strikes taking place in the coming weeks

More disruption is set to hit health and education in the weeks ahead amid ongoing disputes over pay and working conditions

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