Labour Research April 2020

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‘Thank you’ to public service staff


The UNISON union last month said “thank you” to public service workers who, it pointed out in full page ads in the Daily Mirror and Daily Mail,are “leaving their loved ones to care for ours” in the coronavirus outbreak. 


Dave Prentis, general secretary of the public sector union, said UNISON members were “public service champions”, whether they are “NHS and emergency services staff working directly with patients; cleaners, caterers and carers keeping our hospitals, care homes and schools going, or council staff providing vital support to our communities in this crisis”. He added that “we want to say thank you”.