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Greenwich single status lobby Over 250 Unison union members met in Greenwich, south east London, last week as part of the campaign against the single status pay offer. This was despite the council refusing time off until just two days before the meeting. A lobby of the council brought together around 50 workers. Another lobby is planned for Wednesday 16 May.

Management at the Tyne & Wear NHS Trust continued their victimisation of leading Unison union activist Yunus Bakhsh this week, insisting that they will use "anonymous witnesses" in their disciplinary hearing against him.

News of the witch-hunt of leading Unison union and health service activist Yunus Bakhsh reached delegates at the union’s health conference this week, causing disbelief and outrage.

Voting has started in the elections for the Unison national executive.

As the conference opened, Unison announced a date for the long called for national demonstration in defence of the NHS – Saturday 13 October.

The question of Unison’s relationship to the Labour Party was a running sore through the conference.

The possibility of a nationwide strike in the NHS has taken a big step forward as health workers voted to reject the below inflation pay award they have been offered.

Voting has started in the elections for the Unison national executive.

Care workers in Southampton have voted to accept a wage protection deal from the council. Workers in the Unison and T&G unions struck for four days in February against proposals to sack 370 care workers for refusing to accept pay cuts.

The extent of the witch-hunt against leading NHS and union activist Yunus Bakhsh by both his management and the Unison union has been further revealed this week.

Voting begins next week in the elections for the Unison national executive. The Unison United Left is calling for support for its own candidates and other candidates of the left.

The prospect of the first mass national industrial action in the NHS for almost 20 years took a big step forward last week as the Unison union agreed to ballot its members over pay.