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'Forget Covid and flu, it's the loyal workforce NHS bosses should really fear'

There's a crisis coming this winter, warns Paul Routledge, and it's as grave a situation as he can remember in half a century of writing about unions and workers

Daily Mirror

Ambulance staff across Dumfries and Galloway vote for strike action in pay dispute

GMB Scotland members in the Scottish Ambulance Service voted overwhelmingly for industrial action after rejecting a five per cent pay offer

Daily Record

Three NHS Dumfries and Galloway workers assaulted every week in 2021

Figures gathered by the Unison union show there were more than 18,000 attacks on NHS staff across Scotland last year, with 150 of them in Dumfries and Galloway

Daily Record

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Thousands of assaults on NHS staff by patients last year, figures reveal

THOUSANDS of NHS staff fell victim to the very people they were caring for, with more than 18,000 assaults on health service workers in just a year.

The National (Scotland)

Are NHS workers about to strike? Junior doctors set to walk out again

Thousands of junior doctors are expected to take part in strike action this month

Evening Standard

UK councils slashing services to meet £3.2bn budget shortfall

Exclusive: Inflation, energy prices and Liz Truss’ mini-budget are contributing factors to cuts local leaders described as unprecedented

The Guardian - UK

Councils may be forced to cut essential services to plug £3bn blackhole, union warns

Unison warns Local communities cannot "pay the price for the government’s grotesque mismanagement of the economy" as councils face a record shortfall of £3.19billion

Daily Mirror

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Nottinghamshire NHS workers could strike as biggest union ballots staff

Thousands of staff could walk out across the country

Nottingham Post

No train services in Perth and Kinross on Saturday due to further rail strikes over pay and working conditions

The mass walkout on October 29 will be the second conducted by ScotRail general grades RMT union members this month after the latest company offer was rejected

Daily Record

NHS Lanarkshire staff could accept new pay offer as union suspends strike action

Unison will ask its 50,000 members across the country if they are willing to accept the Scottish Government’s £2205 flat pay offer

Daily Record

'We sit for hours with students who want to end their lives': The toll university mental health crisis takes on staff

University staff say they need specialist training to deal with students in crisis as number declaring mental health conditions triples

Wales Online

UK healthcare workers and teachers to vote on strikes

More than half a million healthcare workers and teachers in Britain will be given a vote on strike action over pay, unions said on Thursday, adding to the challenges facing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as he tries to get to grips with an economic crisis.

Reuters

Biggest NHS union ballots staff over strike action

Unison will ballot 330,000 of its members in a dispute over pay

Evening Standard

NHS staff strike action vote as UNISON calls for 'inflation-busting pay rise'

'It feels like the NHS is in the last chance saloon'

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Key NHS hospital staff member fears she won't be able to afford to get to work

It comes ahead of an industrial action ballot

Daily Record

Unison suspend strike ballot to consider pay rise offer from Scottish Government

Around 50,000 NHS staff members - including nurses, midwives and hospital porters - will now be asked if they are willing to accept the latest flat pay offer.

The National (Scotland)

Unison suspend NHS strike ballot to consult members on new pay offer

SCOTLAND’S largest health union has suspended its NHS strike ballot to consult members over the Scottish Government’s latest pay offer, it has…

The National (Scotland)

Yousaf says NHS pay deal is Scotland's best ever but unions say it doesn't cut it

AN NHS pay rise hailed by Health Secretary Humza Yousaf as the largest since devolution has been branded a “kick in the teeth” and “deeply…

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Daily Record

NHS staff receive fresh pay offer in attempt to head off strike action

Staff would receive a £2205 flat rate sum - the equivalent of 11 per cent for the lowest paid

Daily Record

Bin strikes could be back ON as pay dispute with council chiefs erupts again

A bitter row has broken out between unions and COSLA over whether elements of the deal are time-limited.

The Independent UK

Food inspectors strike vote could lead to turkey shortage at Christmas

Meat industry at risk of standstill over pay dispute, warns union

The Independent UK

Food Standards Agency staff strike ballot could lead to Christmas meat shortages

If employees vote to walk out it could bring the meat industry to a halt, Unison said.

The Guardian - UK

‘Devastating toll’ of attacks on teaching assistants revealed by study

Exclusive: Largely female and low-paid UK school staff report being kicked and punched by pupils

The Independent UK

NHS facing mass staff walkouts this winter as unions hold votes on coordinated strike action

TUC meeting in Brighton ahead of ballot of 400,000 Unison healthcare workers

The Guardian - UK

Endemic low pay threatens future of NHS, says union boss

Unison’s Christina McAnea says winter strikes appear likely as only way for workers to get message across

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