Date: FRIDAY 3 APRIL 2009

HARTLEY DECISION - UNISON REACTION

Commenting on the Tribunal's ruling on Agenda for Change, Mike Jackson, UNISON's Senior National Officer for Health, said: "The old NHS pay system was unfair. "It took years of negotiation and a lot of commitment from our members to implement the new system.

"The Tribunal has now agreed that it does what it set out to do deliver - equal pay. "It is a fairer and more transparent pay system."

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