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Matters Magazine Issue 4 now available online

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Issue 4 of our branch magazine, ‘NWAS UNISON Matters’, is now available online and will be available in print on all NWAS sites shortly. This issue includes articles on workplace [...]

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Blackpool Pride 2010 in Pictures

Photos from NWAS’ involvement in this year’s Blackpool LGBT Pride festival

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‘No public service will be safe’ warns UNISON leader

UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis has given stark warning of the prospect of public service cuts and so-called ‘efficiency savings’ promised by the new coalition Government, which it is feared will [...]

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NHS Pension Choice Exercise – Member Bulletin

NHS Pensions will very soon be conducting a CHOICE exercise in which current members of the NHS Pension Scheme (whom were also members as at the 1 April 2008 & as at 1 October 2009) will be offered a one off choice to move across to the “2008 Section”.

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Will you be joining NWAS at Blackpool Pride this Saturday?

This weekend, thousands of people will come together to celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender life in Lancashire at Blackpool’s annual Pride event, which has been going from strength to [...]

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UNISON Wins Dismissal Appeals in Cumbria

Two members from the Cumbria area who were dismissed following a disciplinary hearing in January have been reinstated following an appeal.

The two members have both worked for the Ambulance Service in Planned Care for 17 years. Both staff were originally suspended following a complaint.

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UNISON Health Conference 2010: “I am passionately pro NHS” says Health Minister

Health Minister Andy Burnham received a mixed response this afternoon from delegates during a question and answer session at UNISON’s 2010 National Health Conference. In a short speech before questions [...]

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UNISON Health Conference 2010: “This is our time to be bold”, Prentis tells delegates

“Don’t forget the power in our union”, UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, told UNISON’s 2010 Health Conference today. “We will stand up for our NHS. For our members, we will [...]

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NHS is not for sale, says UNISON

UNISON, the UK’s largest public service union, has warned that the real winners behind Conservative plans to cut NHS funding, will be their friends in big business. Tory plans to scrap the increase in National Insurance piles pressure on the NHS and other public services, who will pay the price with swingeing cut backs.

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Unions launch survey following TETRA Airwave concerns

UNISON is appealing for ambulance staff working with the new TETRA Airwave radios to participate in a nationwide survey being undertaken by a coalition of trade unions and other organisations, [...]

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