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NewsUnion ballots a million workers on pensions action
Over a million public sector workers including NHS managers, nurses and other healthcare staff are being balloted this week on strike action over pensions changes
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Unison 'will not campaign' against all reconfigurations
A senior Unison figure has revealed to HSJ that the union is prepared to accept some hospital reconfigurations.
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NHS managers to be balloted for industrial action, HSJ learns
Members of Managers in Partnership will be asked whether they want to join action being planned by unions including Unison, to which MiP is aligned, against changes to public sector pensions.
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Strike fears build as union anger grows over public sector cuts
Rising fears of highly disruptive industrial action by NHS workers this autumn are revealed in documents seen by HSJ.
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Unions to ballot members on appetite for industrial action
Nurses and other healthcare workers are among more than one million public sector workers who are going to be asked to vote on taking industrial action in a bid to protect their pensions.
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NHS unions meeting to discuss joint walk out
Unions representing health service workers at all levels are meeting this afternoon to discuss potential industrial action over changes to the NHS pension scheme.
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NHS patients will wait longer under reform - Unison
The number of private patients that hospitals can treat will spiral and push those on the NHS to the bottom of waiting lists under the government’s health reforms, a public sector union has claimed.
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Welsh government union payments slammed by Conservatives
More than £2m of public money has been paid to trade unions by the Welsh government, new figures show.
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Pension contributions increase angers unions
The government’s controversial plans to reform public sector pensions have been attacked by a senior union leader, warning that talks aimed at averting strikes were now in “jeopardy”.
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New talks to begin on NHS pension contributions
Health service unions are to enter into discussions with Department of Health officials on increasing public sector pension contributions, ministers have announced today.
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The difference between what is said, and what is meant
Language is important to get right - there is often a difference between words said, and meaning implied. Between the lines is where the truth lies…
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Cameron to urge public sector strike rethink
David Cameron will today urge public sector unions to halt planned industrial action and agree that pension reform is necessary.
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Government stands by pension change
The government is on course for an autumn showdown with the trade unions after Treasury chief secretary Danny Alexander insisted ministers would not back down over plans to reform public sector pensions.
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One million to strike over public sector pensions
Industrial action across the rest of the year has grown more likely after the leader of one of the country’s biggest unions warned that more than one million public sector workers were set to take strike action unless the government pulls back from its controversial pension changes.
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Birmingham council loses care judicial review
Judge says disability legislation must be followed
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Public sector pay deals 'outstrip private rises'
Workers in the public sector have enjoyed bigger pay rises than those in private firms despite the government’s attempt to restrain pay, a new report has claimed.
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Government warned public sector action will cause 'industrial turmoil'
The government has been warned it faces “industrial turmoil on a massive scale” as unions start planning to step up opposition to spending and job cuts.
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NHS outsourcing shows significant savings, lobby group claims
NHS data shows commissioners save significant amounts on support services when they buy most of their hotel and estates management from the private sector, a lobby group for the outsourcing industry has claimed.
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Unions to meet NHS Blood Service over privatisation
Union leaders are to meet officials at the NHS Blood Service as part of their campaign against any moves to privatise the organisation.
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Healey: government must drop part three of bill
The whole of part three of the health bill, which deals with the role of Monitor, must be dropped if the bill is to win Labour backing, shadow health secretary John Healey has said.
