Unions says that for most employees, pay and allowances have only risen by 1% in real terms since 2009
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Unions says that for most employees, pay and allowances have only risen by 1% in real terms since 2009
The article Probation unions submit two-year pay claim first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Celebrations at Jingye takeover of steelworks mixed with sadness over job losses.
The post Scunthorpe steelworks sale is bittersweet appeared first on UNITElive.org.Read more…
Southampton Airport is in ‘imminent danger’ of being forced to close without government intervention, Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, warned today (March 12). The union’s call came…Read more…
The 2020 budget indicates that the new Affordable Homes Programme starting in 2021 would have £12.2 billion funding. This is … MoreRead more…
We’re calling on the Chancellor to make the 2020s a decade of renewal – with green infrastructure, rebuilding of public services, and support for better quality jobs.Read more…
The Government still hasn’t announced a plan for the nearly two million workers who miss out on sick pay because they don’t earn enough.Read more…
The priority now must be to repair the damage of ten years of Tory devastation. Helping working families and rebuilding public services must come first. And we need to see concrete action on the…Read more…
Join a march to present a petition to Downing Street calling for an independent inquiry into seven-year-old Zane’s death
The article Marching for Zane first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
As the coronavirus continues to spread in the UK, the government is expected on Thursday (March 12) to announce that it is moving to the ‘delay’ phase of its plans to slow the…Read more…
Off message-ish. Last month we went to Lincolnshire to visit my little sister and our nephew (and his lovely family).
On the Sunday we went to Lincoln to visit the historic city centre. A fascinating place to spend a few hours. Despite Lincolnshire be…Read more…
Millions of workers face financial hardship if they fall ill or must self-isolate after chancellor Rishi Sunak failed to announce measures in his budget adequate enough to protect them during the…Read more…
Chancellor side-steps social care crisis
The article Budget shows the government’s been listening to the NHS but not social care first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
The following piece is a comment from Joy Johnson of Unite’s political department This budget, Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s first, will for evermore be known as the coronavirus budget. It…Read more…
“I myself have been criticized because, during the last war, as one of the leaders of the Swedish Red Cross, I did not publicly denounce Nazism and its methods.” So wrote Count Folke…Read more…
As St Mungo’s staff gear up for three days of strike action, from March 16 to 18, one worker from the homeless charity, who wishes to remain anonymous, explains why she’s walking out. …Read more…
The decision by the AFL-CIO to cancel the planned candidates’ forum in Florida this week is bad news for Bernie Sanders. This would have been the perfect opportunity for Sanders to challenge his sole…Read more…
This morning I attended a briefing with Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz, in Newham Dockside with young potential leaders from all over the world brought to the UK by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (A UK funded public body). They were here to…Read more…
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About 120 housing repair workers at Greenwich council will strike for two days later this month after bosses reneged on a settlement over a new pay structure, Unite said today (March 10). Last…Read more…
Residents of the Wirral on Merseyside are bracing themselves for bin strikes next month, as members of Unite, employed by Biffa Waste Services, begin voting for strike action in a dispute over pay….Read more…