Winning with UNISON

UNISON exists for its members: to protect them and defend them and their interests; to win recompense when things go wrong and to make sure they’re treated fairly and equally. At a time like this, when public services and the people who work in them – whether for private, public or community providers – are facing challenges like never before, the union’s work with and for our members is needed like never before. And sometimes it’s useful to remind ourselves of just what our members, our activists, and our services and staff can do. Three recent wins in just the past month show just what being in UNISON can mean for public service workers. As hospital rep Fiona Isaac noted after a successful dispute won pay rises of up to £1,900 a year for members in Wales: “We have demonstrated that you don’t have to accept something when an employer is in the wrong. You can challenge it and, by standing together, win.” Staff working in the sterilisation and disinfectant units at the Morriston, Neath Port Talbot (pictured above) and Princess of Wales hospitals were paid less than people doing exactly the same job at neighbouring health boards. Operating theatres, wards and clinics could not function without the work of the skilled professionals involved in decontaminating hospitals and surgical instruments. Across Wales they are employed on Agenda for Change pay scale band 3 – except at Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board hospitals, where they were on an out-of...
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