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“This government let frontline workers take responsibility when times were at their toughest, but now it refuses to take responsibility for the things that are in its control”
The article Blog: It is within their power to give NHS workers the pay they deserve first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Unite has secured a pay rise worth 11.5 per cent for around 700 Princes Group food workers. The workers at four sites, located in Glasgow, Bradford, Cardiff and Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, will receive a 7 per cent pay rise backdated to April 2022 plus a £750 one off payment. The deal was negotiated without the […]
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Alan Jinkinson was the former general secretary of NALGO and, when that merged with COHSE and NUPE in 1993, became the first leader of the new union
The article UNISON’s first general secretary has died, aged 88 first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The cut-off wage for election to reserved (low pay) seats in the union rises to £11.80 an hour.
The article UNISON’s reserved (low pay) seat threshold for 2023 first appeared on the UNISON National site.
I am amazed at being 60. I still don’t feel at all “old” (whatever that means nowadays) but how on earth did this happen – 60??? I have my London + 60 free travel card and I am also now due to receive a small pension from a past employment, so I w…Read more…
As the UK and Scottish Governments start the process towards another round of Austerity, we need to remember the impact this will have on health inequalities. Those in Scotland’s most deprived areas are 3.9 times more likely to die from an avoidable de…Read more…
“The guilt you feel, the anger, the frustration. I can’t put it into words, it’s heartbreaking”
The article UNISON ambulance workers share heartbreaking stories of wait times first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The post We need root and branch repeal of Britain’s anti-union laws appeared first on IER.
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Clare Williams tells TUC rally the Conservatives ‘ have no democratic mandate for their policies. We need a general election now’
The article ‘Another world is possible – together we can rise!’ first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Congratulations to my Newham Councillor colleague, Mariam Dawood, who has been given this national award. Subscribe and check out latest editions of “Newham Voices” here https://newhamvoices.co.uk/Read more…
UNISON members join the TUC’s ‘We Demand Better’ lobby and rally, urging MPs to do the right thing over the cost of living crisis
The article Hundreds of workers lobby Parliament for better pay first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Young Workers Month
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(hat tip our number one recruiter Joseph and his standard email to potential members)”Hi Fellow WorkerFurther to our discussion, you can join UNISON online via the link below:https://join.unison.org.uk/Signing up is very straight forward. On…Read more…
Holding down pay will worsen a bad situation
The article Leaving workers in poverty is no way to run vital services first appeared on the UNISON National site.
It’s an increasingly familiar story – workers described as “essential” at the height of the pandemic, then quickly forgotten as the cost of living crisis takes hold, are now taking a stand by going on strike. But the latest workforce to follow this trajectory had a particularly sombre – but crucial – duty as Britain’s […]
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The post The Tories’ ‘minimum service levels’ legislation could face legal challenge appeared first on IER.
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Members across NJC unions vote to accept pay offer – the highest in a decade
The article Council workers accept deal that will give lowest-paid 10.5% first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Government has no grasp of real people’s lives
The article Public sector pay cuts are the worst possible response first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Workers cannot go on subsidising employers while driving for work
The article Mileage rate rise needed urgently for public sector staff first appeared on the UNISON National site.
‘Austerity affects peoples’ lives so profoundly that its legacy can last for generations, and it is a false economy with a price that isn’t worth paying
The article Blog: The government paves the way for Austerity 2.0 first appeared on the UNISON National site.