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Boosting funding and pay are the best ways to fix NHS staffing
Government needs long-term solution to staff crisis
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Holiday pay win
A campaign by construction union Unite has secured improved calculated holiday pay for electricians employed by construction giant Balfour Beatty. From January 2023, Balfour Beatty has agreed that all electricians employed under the terms of the Joint Industry Board (JIB) or Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB), the appropriate industrial agreements for electricians, will receive 32 […]
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Kent bus workers to strike
Over 600 bus workers, employed by Arriva, based in Kent, will take four days of strike action next month in a dispute over pay. The workers who are members of Unite have backed strike action after the company made a pay offer of around 10 per cent. With the real rate of inflation currently standing […]
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‘Excellent result’ for Keynsham bin workers
Around 100 waste workers employed by Bath and North East Somerset council will receive a 10 per cent pay increase in a deal negotiated by Unite, the UK’s leading union. Loaders and LGV drivers employed at the Ashmead Road and Midland Road depots in Keynsham will see an immediate 10 per cent uplift in pay. […]
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Social catastrophe
In a previous letter I wrote about the impact of the huge energy price increases on domestic customers. Many will … MoreRead more…
University staff vote to strike over ‘ludicrously low’ pay rise
Managers must put people before profits and pay staff proper, fair wages
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