UNISON

The whole of the Accident and Emergency structures are at breaking point due the changes this government has already made the GMB union has claimed.

GMB, the union for ambulance staff, responded to reports that Ambulance dispatchers will have two minutes longer to decide whether to send an ambulance to many potentially life-threatening 999 calls under pilot schemes in London and the...

Two local councils plan to axe nearly 100 jobs by sharing resources with a neighbouring authority.

West Devon Borough Council voted 27 to two in favour of a new staffing model, which will also see jobs losses at South Hams District Council.

The staffing model will see a reduction of nearly 24% across the councils meaning 97 jobs could be cut.

The councils have already...

Students at Plymouth University and the University of St Mark and St John (Marjon) face disruption today (Thursday 31 October) as staff members of the University and College Union(UCU), Unite and Unison trade unions walk out in a dispute over pay.

The national strike will see UK universities hit with the most widespread disruption for years on Thursday as members of UCU, UNISON and...

More than 50 people attended a protest in Plymouth on Saturday against a planned Government scheme dubbed the 'Bedroom Tax'.

One of dozens of protests across the country organised largely via social media and instigated by the political blogger Dr Eoin Clarke , the Plymouth protest, held in the Sun Dial, included local representatives of the Labour Party, the Socialist Party, Plymouth...