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RNs Denounce Sham Election in Nine Ohio Hospitals, Hospital Chain Seeks to Impose Hand-Picked Union

Staff at the National Blood Service in Colindale and Edgware are Ready to Take Industrial Action

AXA PPP Healthcare Targeted by Union for Wage Capping

Unite NHS Committee to Recommend to Members to Reject the Government's Three Year Pay Offer

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