UNISON

Bedfordshire University, Bedford campus

240 jobs at risk as University of Bedfordshire proposes staffing cuts

East of England Ambulance Service call centre in Bedford. Picture: Google Maps

Petition to save Bedford ambulance 999 call centre from threat of closure

East of England Ambulance Service call centre in Bedford. Picture: Google Maps

Bedford ambulance 999 call centre at risk of closure

Bedford Hospital and Luton & Dunstable Hospital

Healthcare assistants win more pay following strikes, says Unison

Bedford Hospital

48-hour strike at Bedford Hospital over pay begins on Monday

Bedford Hospital

Bedford Hospital staff to walk out for 48 hours in March

Unison eastern regional organiser, Julie Trundell, said: “The NHS couldn’t survive without the essential services healthcare support workers provide"

"Ripped off’ Bedfordshire NHS staff vote on strikes, says Unison

School support workers, cleaning staff and janitors are currently on strike in Scotland as the Unison union remains locked in a pay dispute with education chiefs. (Credit: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Scottish school support staff stage strike in pay dispute

Staff at Beds University campus are planning to join strike action in demands for a pay increase

University staff at Bedford campus set to join strike action over pay claim

Support staff at the University of Bedfordshire have been given 5 extra leave days

University of Bedfordshire offer more annual leave following UNISON campaign

Pictured: Luton campus

University of Bedfordshire staff vote to strike over ‘sub-par’ pay offer

University says the offer is the highest in nearly 20 years

Olivia Preston

Nurses to vote on England-wide strikes after rejecting 5% pay rise

International Day of the Midwife falls on Friday, 5 May in 202

Happy International Day of the Midwife 2023: How to get involved

Members of the Royal College of Nursing union could strike until Christmas if no deal is reached with the government over pay. (Photo by Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Royal College of Nursing warns of more strikes

Royal College of Nurses members, campaigning for fair pay and conditions, pictured previously taking part in industrial action at Altnagelvin Hospital. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2250GS - 38

RCN rejects Government’s pay offer - new 48 hour strike to go ahead

MP Julie Elliott alongside paramedics on the picket line outside Sunderland Ambulance station.

NHS Unison members accept pay deal offer in England

Staff at the University of Bedfordshire have started voting on strike action over their recent pay offer

University staff could strike over ‘inadequate’ pay offer

Nursing strikes 2023: Royal College of Nursing, the GMB & Unison back new pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Nursing strikes 2023: Unions back pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Ambulances park outside Accident and Emergency ward (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

East of England ambulance service prepares to strike next week

National ambulance and NHS trade unions have announced a day of strike action to take place tomorrow.

NHS advise when to use 999 as ambulance driver strikes begin today

Christina McAnea, general secretary of UNISON, poses with ambulance workers at a picket line outside the Waterloo ambulance station in London on December 21, 2022. - Striking UK ambulance workers took to the picket lines, escalating a dispute with the government over its refusal to increase pay above inflation after recent walkouts by nurses. (Photo by Niklas HALLE’N / AFP) (Photo by NIKLAS HALLE’N/AFP via Getty Images)

Ambulance workers in England announce two new strike dates

List of all the strikes taking place in the lead up to Christmas 2022

Army staff helped operate ambulance services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

1,200 troops to cover for striking ambulance & Border Force staff

A group of fraudsters have been posing as ambulance staff and knocking on doors asking for financial support ahead of upcoming industrial action.

Fraudsters posing as ambulance staff seen asking for donations

Council offices

Unions say members are worried about how government budgets might impact council

Staff at the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield are on strike (Photo credit OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Wakefield’s National Coal Mining Museum staff to strike over pay

The videos appeared on TikTok

"Horrific" videos taken in Bedford schools uploaded to TikTok

Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service lost 41 FTE firefighters this year, with 409 in post as of the end of March

Fewer firefighters keeping Bedford safe than there were 10 years ago

Union warns it means a longer response times to incidents - and a greater risk to lives

Reporter

4% of care home staff in Bedford face losing their jobs next week

Covid jab deadline looms on unvaccinated care staff as 73 people in Bedford face...

Rishi Sunak to end public sector pay freeze in Autumn Budget: what that means fo...

Bedford Borough Council

Poor communication from management is causing anxiety for Bedford Borough Staff

Unison has urged ministers to abandon the “draconian” no jab, no job policy (Photo: Getty Images)

Mandatory jab deadline for carers risks ‘catastrophic’ staff shortages

Do you think the jab should be mandatory for all carers?

Nearly a quarter of care home staff in Bedford not vaccinated against Covid-19

Union says employees should be encouraged - not intimidated - into receiving a jab

More than a quarter of care home staff in Bedford not vaccinated against Covid-1...

Bedford Borough Council faces a funding gap of more than £9 million

Bedford Borough Council faces funding gap of more than £9m

The equivalent of 6,154 full-time staff days were lost due to mental health sickness between April and June

Staff absence due to stress and anxiety rose by more than 60% at Beds Hospitals ...

These are your rights as a worker during the coronavirus pandemic

A minute's silence will be held across the UK today (28 April) to commemorate the key workers who have lost their lives from Covid-19 (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s what you need to know about today’s minute’s silence for key workers

Bedford Borough Council (Google)

Council staff at Bedford Corn Exchange, The Higgins and libraries step into othe...

University of Bedfordshire staff to strike?

If you’re a smoker then nipping out for a cigarette or vape at work may be much needed (Photo: Shutterstock)

These are the laws about smoking or vaping at work - and how many breaks you can...

Bedford Hospital accused of risking hygiene standards in order to save money

Ambulance

Paramedic film released ahead of strike ballot

VIDEO: Meet police candidate Linda Jack

‘Policing needs to be kept public’

Members of Unison police branches from across Beds, Herts and Cambridgeshire came together on Wednesday night to unite in a call to ‘Keep Policing Public’.

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Fears build over Beds Police outsourcing to G4S

Union says police outsourcing decision would be ‘ill-conceived’

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