Unison RVH Branch

04/06/2026

🇨🇺 SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA 🇨🇺
Unison RVH Branch send our unconditional solidarity with Cuba, the Cuban revolution, and the Cuban people in the face of American aggression 🇨🇺✊️

04/06/2026

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📣𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥 𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗔 𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧
Monday 8th June 2026 ⏰1pm
𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗟𝗢𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗜𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗘𝗥𝗦!
In the summer of 2025, the government introduced proposals that significantly altered the pathway to Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) for skilled workers to 10 and 15 years, particularly impacting those in the health and social care sector who had come to the UK under clear expectations and a promise of settlement after 5 years of continuous service. These changes created uncertainty and were widely viewed as retrospective, undermining the original terms under which many migrant workers relocated, invested their resources, and built their lives in the UK.

Show your support - Join the Fair Visa Campaign Rally at Stormont on Monday 8th June, 1pm.
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02/06/2026

𝗛𝗦𝗖 𝗣𝗔𝗬 - 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗛𝗦𝗖 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗘 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗡 𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗

Health Trade Unions have collectively raised our growing frustration at the continuing failure to implement recommendations on 2026/27 pay for the Health and Social Care (HSC) workforce, linked to the ongoing absence of an agreed Executive budget.

In February, the Health Minister stated that it is his desire to proceed with a headline pay uplift of 3.3% recommended by the Pay Review Body (PRB) for Agenda for Change (AfC) staff. However, the Minister has stated that he can only deliver on this when clear about his budget.

The 3.3% pay uplift recommended by the PRB has now been implemented in England from April. But in the absence of the Executive agreeing its budget, there is no certainty as to when this uplift will be in place for the AfC workforce in Northern Ireland.

Without the implementation of this 3.3%, the link to pay parity with the NHS in England has once again been broken and this leaves the workforce fearing they will be left behind on pay. Workers in Northern Ireland cannot continue to face unacceptable delays in receiving pay uplifts that are due.

Pay parity with their colleagues is the absolute minimum that the HSC workforce rightly expects to receive. Whilst as Trade Unions we are clear that the PRB recommendations are not enough and we are engaging in wider discussions on pay reform, reinstatement of pay parity for health workers in Northern Ireland by implementation of the 3.3% is essential. Continuing inaction on pay undermines confidence that the HSC workforce will be properly recognised and valued for the essential services they provide.

Health Trade Unions are calling on the Executive to ensure the necessary funding for pay is made available as swiftly as possible. The Executive must recognise that continued inaction damages the morale of the workforce and is worsening industrial relations.

02/06/2026

Unison RVH Branch is against Palantir Fullstop....this company is Israeli based and are complicit in enabling a genocide against the Palestinian people.
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement apply in your personal life as well as your working life, enquire with your Branch representative on how to make your workplace an free zone
Unison Northern-Ireland TUFP (Trade Union Friends of Palestine) Belfast Palestine Solidarity Campaign IPSC

01/06/2026

📣 Belfast Trust are recruiting for a Waiting List- Band 2 Nursing Assistants
⏳ Closing date is Friday 12th June 2026 @ 4.30pm
📝 For more details and to apply, visit bit.ly/433wQGn

29/05/2026

📣𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥 𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗔 𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧
📅Monday 8th June 2026
⏰1pm

𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗟𝗢𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗜𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗘𝗥𝗦!
In the summer of 2025, the government introduced proposals that significantly altered the pathway to Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) for skilled workers to 10 and 15 years, particularly impacting those in the health and social care sector who had come to the UK under clear expectations and a promise of settlement after 5 years of continuous service. These changes created uncertainty and were widely viewed as retrospective, undermining the original terms under which many migrant workers relocated, invested their resources, and built their lives in the UK.

Show your support - Join the Fair Visa Campaign Rally at Stormont on Monday 8th June, 1pm.

29/05/2026

📰UNISON PRESS RELEASE📰

𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗡 𝗨𝗡𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗣𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗬 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗖𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗬 𝗨𝗦𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗛 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘

UNISON notes with serious concern the report published by the Northern Ireland Audit Office (27th May) on the use of temporary nursing staff in Northern Ireland. The report finds that annual expenditure on agency nursing staff in Northern Ireland has tripled in six years, reaching £162 million in 2024-25. Commenting on the report, UNISON Northern Ireland Head of Bargaining and Representation John Patrick Clayton said:

‘‘This report must serve as a wake-up call to the Minister of Health, Department of Health and Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts on the urgent need to tackle unacceptably high levels of spending on agency nursing. UNISON has long argued that this doesn’t provide for the most effective use of public money.

We have been engaging with the Department of Health and HSC employers calling on them to reduce agency costs and to seek greater investment in directly employed staff. This report shows that much more needs to be done.

In addition to specific reforms needed to the bank system operated by employers, it is vital that Safe Staffing legislation which places clear duties to workforce plan come forward to the Assembly without further delay. Real investment must be made in recruiting and retaining the workforce our services need through pay structure reform.’’

UNISON Regional Organiser Conor McCarthy said:

‘‘UNISON has clear, actionable proposals that we believe can curb this unsustainable use of public funds. By listening to our members and the wider HSC workforce, we think the Department and employers can do much more to redirect resources into permanent staff pay and better working conditions.

HSC employers should implement robust reforms of existing bank arrangements that would create greater financial reward for staff who are willing to take on bank shifts, as opposed to the high level of cost that comes with using agency staff. In addition, we are seeking that bank staff be paid more promptly.

These measures would incentivise existing directly employed staff effectively covering gaps in rotas, improve continuity of patient care and represent a much better use of resources.

The Department and employers should engage with us on such proposals to prevent this unsustainable use of funding.’’

28/05/2026

⭐️REMINDER⭐️
The K102 Introduction to Health & Social Care and the Level 3 Supporting Teaching and Learning course applications close at NOON Tomorrow.

If you're interested in applying for either course, please check your emails (including your junk mail folder) for information and a link to apply.

27/05/2026

Hate to say we told you so!
UNISON has clear proposals to significantly reduce if not eradicate agency use and redirect money into the pockets of trust employed nursing staff....and the trusts are simply not listening!

A high dependency on agency nurses has led to Northern Ireland health trusts spending more than £160m on private staff in a single year. https://bbc.in/4uzAZhh

27/05/2026

⏰🎒 The UNISON School Uniform Grant opens at 12 noon today for 24 hours only.

Check your eligibility here ⬇️

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