Three out of four care workers don’t earn the living wage. UNISON vice president Sian Stockham is one of them and she’s leading the national fight to raise carers’ pay
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Three out of four care workers don’t earn the living wage. UNISON vice president Sian Stockham is one of them and she’s leading the national fight to raise carers’ pay
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More than half of the east London council’s dominant Labour group have taken a very public stand against the borough’s Labour Mayor
JOSHUA NEICHOThirty-two Newham councillors, more than half the total number, have signed an open letter calling on…Read more…
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Applause and appreciation do not replace pay and practical support for our public service workers
The article Carers need practical support more than applause first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
By 5.30pm today (Wednesday 6 January) the average FTSE 100 Chief Executive would have already earned more this year than the average annual salary of UK workers. They only had to work 34 hours to earn £31, 461 which is the average medium wage fo…Read more…
By Len McCluskey With poverty and unemployment skyrocketing before lockdown, the government must act urgently to avoid a disaster – and support millions of workers who are already on the breadline….Read more…
Why I would hope that candidates to be Councillors will also be “Labour and Co-operative” I am pleased that the Party is organising this training next week for members interested in standing in the local elections due to held in May 2021. &n…Read more…
Union writes to Health and Safety Executive urging updated guidelines to protect workers in light of new variant of coronavirus
The article UNISON urges employers to review staff safety due to new…Read more…
The merger, which won approval from both sets of shareholders yesterday (Monday January 4), will create the world’s fourth biggest carmaker. Vauxhall employs 3,000 staff in the UK.
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Staff running these exams, many of them already at heightened risk, will be exposed to unnecessary additional danger
The article BTec exams must be cancelled now urges UNISON first appeared on the…Read more…
The whole country is grateful for what you are doing despite severe restrictions across the UK.
The article Blog: Together we will get through this first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON calls for libraries to stay completely closed, to protect library workers and their families
The article Library staff ‘scared and stressed’ about working through lockdown first…Read more…
Vaccine priority must be extended to nursery and school staff
The article Close nurseries to all except vulnerable and key-worker children first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON has commissioned research into the housing issues facing workers across public services in the UK
The article Affordable housing and the impact on recruitment and retention of key workers…Read more…
(As BBC website) “England is going into lockdown to try to prevent the NHS from becoming overwhelmed by a surge in coronavirus cases.Primary and secondary schools will close to almost all pupils, and people will be instructed to stay at home.Nort…Read more…
Government should have acted sooner but we must all do our bit
The article Restrictions tough but necessary for the sake of the NHS first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Your union needs you! Your history is our history and to this end, Unite Education together with the Marx Memorial Library are putting together thoughts, feelings, recollections, triumphs and losses,…Read more…
Commenting on the vote by MPs (held on Wednesday, December 30) to pass the deal that will now govern the trading arrangements by the UK and the European Union, the general secretary of the country’s…Read more…