Getting hot, hot, hot – July at UNISON

The month started with a couple of anniversaries. You may have heard us talk about them before but they’re both so blinkin’ important we are repeating them here. In chronological order (and because it’s all about us!) UNISON celebrated its 25th birthday on the first of the month. We looked back at some of the highlights of our first quarter century and reminisced about the music, fashion, and other news that was making the headlines back in 1993. Oh and we made a ‘glorious’ little film that celebrated the very best thing about UNISON – its members. Then a few days later an institution even more glorious that UNISON celebrated its 70th birthday – the NHS was rightly lauded everywhere, including by us, of course. And as the NHS’s biggest and best union we asked Hollywood star and NHS über-fan Michael Sheen to surprise the first person born in the NHS and we filmed them reminiscing. And just before the anniversary proper there was a big NHS march and rally (you’ve always got to have a march and rally every few weeks…) The 70th anniversary celebrations were a fitting time for a UNISON-led victory over the increasingly common attempts by hospital trusts to outsource some of their staff into wholly owned subsidiary companies (subcos). Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Foundation Trust announced it had dropped plans to transfer more than 900 workers including porters, cleaners and catering staff to one such NHS subsidiary firm. The plans had been subject to a long...
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