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Camden school kitchen workers launch living wage campaign with Town Hall lobby

Posted on December 12, 2013 by | Comments Off on Camden school kitchen workers launch living wage campaign with Town Hall lobby

Living_Wage_Lobby_-_3Kitchen staff who provide healthy meals to Camden school children lobbied the Town Hall during Living Wage Week to launch their campaign for the London Living Wage of £8.80 per hour. Continue reading →

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JNC pay: UNISON members accept 1%

Posted on November 15, 2013 by | Comments Off on JNC pay: UNISON members accept 1%

Youth and connexions workers on JNC pay and conditions in Unison have accepted a 1% pay offer by 55% to 45%. In Camden members were split 50-50. Continue reading →

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Camden UNISON wins back pay increases for hundreds of school support staff

Posted on October 23, 2013 by | Comments Off on Camden UNISON wins back pay increases for hundreds of school support staff
Members at Chalcot school with their back pay slips

Members at Chalcot school with their back pay slips

UNISON helped 200 or more school support staff across Camden reclaim backdated pay increases for pay scale increments that were not paid or delayed. In some cases individual staff received thousands of pounds back pay plus pay increases. Continue reading →

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UNISON wins regrading for nursery administrators

Posted on October 10, 2013 by | Comments Off on UNISON wins regrading for nursery administrators

Camden UNISON has successfully won a regrading claim for scale 5 (level 2 zone 1) administrators in children’s centres taking their grade up to scale 6 (level 2 zone 2): a salary band up to nearly £2800 per year higher. Continue reading →

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Threatened action forces halt to mental health reorganisation

Posted on October 10, 2013 by | Comments Off on Threatened action forces halt to mental health reorganisation

The Mental Health / ASC shop has forced a 6 month halt to plans by the local Mental Health NHS Trust (Camden & Islington Foundation Trust – CIFT) to have a major re-organisation in the way Mental Health Act assessments are organised in Camden. The proposal was to end a system that had been running smoothly for around 6 years, and would have led to a much worse service for people needing treatment in psychiatric hospital. Continue reading →

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Camden UNISON recoups £11,000 underpayment for a member

Posted on July 30, 2013 by | Comments Off on Camden UNISON recoups £11,000 underpayment for a member

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UNISON has recovered and underpayment of over £11,000 for a social worker member who was not permitted to return to work following illness. Continue reading →

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Camden UNISON wins holiday backpay for casual worker

Posted on October 8, 2012 by | Comments Off on Camden UNISON wins holiday backpay for casual worker

Camden UNISON has won back a four-figure sum of paid annual leave for a casual worker member in the integrated youth support service. Continue reading →

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Older people’s services cut to the bone

Posted on July 22, 2011 by | Comments Off on Older people’s services cut to the bone

Service users and UNISON demonstrate against cuts

Services to older people in Camden are being slashed. Within the next three years, the plan is to end the Meals on Wheels service; close one of two specialist Dementia Day Centres; shut down all eight of the Good Neighbour schemes; close four popular Resource Centres (Millman Street, Great Croft, Hillwood and Henderson Court), leaving only Charlie Ratchford in Chalk Farm and Kingsgate in Kilburn; close at least five luncheon clubs, as well as advocacy and advice schemes for Learning Disabilities, HIV services, BME groups and outreach work.

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Meals on Wheels ended

Posted on July 22, 2011 by | Comments Off on Meals on Wheels ended

 Meals on Wheels services are being withdrawn by Camden Council. This is a statutory service and the Council have decided to take away this service from some of the most vulnerable people without any proper consultation with the clients, their carers or families, the trade unions and the current provider claims to have had minimal information about the future of this service.

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Camden UNISON cools down Crowndale!

Posted on April 10, 2010 by | Comments Off on Camden UNISON cools down Crowndale!

airconAfter monitoring high temperatures in parts of the Crowndale centre, which regularly surpassed 30°C, UNISON reps eventually pressure management into investing £400,000 into an air cooling system. Continue reading →

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