Defying the cold and looking to the future

January may have ended with a cold snap for much of the country – but that didn’t stop UNISON starting the new year with a firm eye on the future, for both our planet and of our union. We joined fellow energy unions GMB, Prospect and Unite in calling for a meeting with energy secretary Greg Clark to plan a “just transition” to the low-carbon economy needed to deal with climate change. UNISON played a key role in bringing the four unions – and activists who represent 200,000 workers in the sector – together to talk about the issues last year. The unions have now drawn up a template for “a constructive way forward in the decade ahead”. Closer to home, we kicked off our ‘year of young workers’ as well – helping to secure the future of UNISON, our public services and the workers they rely on now and for decades to come. Most young workers are contending with low wages, insecure jobs and no voice at work. They need trade unions more than ever. Alongside cold snaps, another January regular is the state of the NHS. This month, UNISON released the results of our Just Another Day survey of staff’s experience of 24 hours in the health service, which took place in September. Almost half of health members on the front line of patient care said there are not enough staff on their shift to ensure patients are treated safely and with compassion. The survey showed “the extent to which crisis level staffing has become normal across the whole NHS,” said the union...
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