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Responding to the government’s new pay offer for NHS workers in England, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said, “Following months and months of unnecessary delay, the government finally gets into the negotiating room. They need to take full responsibility for their dither and delay, which has caused unnecessary pain to both staff and patients in […]
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If accepted, the offer would boost pay significantly this year and mean a wage increase next year that’s more than the government had budgeted for.
The article UNISON to recommend acceptance of NHS pay offer first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Healthcare assistants in Bristol celebrate a huge re-banding victory thanks to an 18-month UNISON campaign
The article Bristol healthcare assistants win over £1m in re-banding victory first appeared on the UNISON National site.
A Budget with no ambition, more of the same at best, and basically ignoring the most pressing problems facing the UK.
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Today’s budget found the cash to offer tax cuts to big businesses and the highest earners – but nothing for public service pay, again
The article Blog: Money for everything, everywhere, just not your pay rise first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Dear Chancellor: We’re told it’s the ‘Budget for Growth’. That is – apparently – what everyone is talking about. Well yes Chancellor. You’re right. Our members are indeed talking about growth. Because as you release your Budget and spout on about your GDP and your business incentive drives, my members are talking about the sickeningly high growth in their weekly […]
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Chancellor can find the money when it suits him
The article Growth won’t happen without strong public services first appeared on the UNISON National site.
I have posted in the past on former Cllr George Coe on my blog, https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2015/05/west-ham-municipal-elections-1893-now.htmland https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2020/10/socialist-labour-west-ham-cllr-george.html.I now have fu…Read more…
This year’s Budget day will see teachers and university staff, civil servants and rail workers out on strike for better pay. The government has to learn that cuts are opposed to economic growth, and the economy will only recover when workers have money…Read more…
People in Wales are enduring the worst cost of living crisis for a generation. Nisreen Mansour explains what Wales TUC is calling on the UK Government to do to deliver better for Wales.
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It’s been a year since the P&O Ferries sackings, but nothing has been done to stop another one.
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The corpse of New Labour cannot be resuscitated “If Reeves and Starmer’s economics had been applied in 1945 the NHS … MoreRead more…
Chancellor must invest in wages
The article Budget must safeguard services by boosting pay first appeared on the UNISON National site.
‘Women’s work is often undervalued and underpaid, but UNISON knows the true value’
The article UNISON celebrates International Women’s Day in Glasgow first appeared on the UNISON National site.
A very powerful statistic provided by “Progress Together” which aims to “work to create a financial services sector in the UK in which EVERYONE working in it is both enabled and has the opportunity to achieve their full potential.The measure of s…Read more…
Construction employers who negotiate the pay and conditions of hundreds and thousands of workers, who operate via the Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC), have been exposed for cynically driving down workers’ pay. Rates have become so low that the employers’ side is being forced to increase the lowest rate (for general operatives) outside of normal […]
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New Unite research, analysing the FTSE 350 shows how profit margins for the first half of 2022 were 89% higher compared to the same period in 2019. FTSE 350 profits have spiked even higher than in 2021 where profits jumped 73%, according to Unite’s first profiteering report, published in July 2022. Unite’s latest report on […]
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We’ll be watching closely, and we’ll be ready to take action if the chancellor fails to fix the crisis in pay packets and public services
The article Blog: Which version of the UK will Jeremy Hunt choose to back? first appeared on the UNISON National site.
In West Ham, the ward I represent as a Newham Councillor (E15 postcode), a consultation and survey is taking place on “seeking local views on issues relating road safety, air quality, walking, cycling, and traffic in the area”. This survey (and p…Read more…
It was great to attend fundraising dinner last week for the Labour candidate in Chipping Barnet, Dan Tomlinson. I went with my UNISON colleague (and political secretary to London Labour Link) Joel Bodmer. Dan was supported by @unisonglr #Lab…Read more…