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The financial turmoil that has engulfed Thames Water demonstrates that the government has been found asleep at the wheel yet again and that the UK’s regulatory regime is not fit for purpose, Unite has warned. Unite, which represents hundreds of workers at Thames Water, is committed to ensuring that the workers, as well as the […]
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Church of England clergy, represented by Unite, have for the first time in their history submitted a formal pay claim, as their members struggle with the cost of living crisis. Unite, which represents over 2,000 clergy and lay officers in the Church of England, has submitted a claim for an increase in the stipend that […]
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Three motions on the issue were debated on Friday morning – including the effect on Black workers and renters
The article Conference continues debate on the cost of living first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Three motions on the issue were debated on Friday morning – including the effect on Black workers and renters
The article Conference continues debate on the cost of living first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Supplies of the UK’s favourite soft drinks are safe this summer after Coca Cola finally agreed to share a greater proportion of its mammoth profits with workers at Europe’s biggest soft drinks plant. Crippling strikes were due to begin on Wednesday (June 13) but a breakthrough in negotiations means there’ll be no walk-outs this summer. […]
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Local government conference opens in Liverpool with a refusal ‘to be made poorer by this government’
The article Time to fight for a fair pay rise first appeared on the UNISON National site.
While workers are struggling to pay their energy costs, BP has announced profits of £4 billion in the first three months of this year
The article UNISON calls for tougher taxes on energy profits first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Denying staff a pay rise won’t help the economy
The article Bank’s chief economist is “living on another planet” first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Every day over the Christmas period, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2023. Today we look back at a comment piece from Claire Peden, Unite organiser and team leader of Unite for a Workers’ Economy about their Feed the Weans campaign wins. — In September last year, hundreds of trade unionists […]
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The real value of workers’ pay keeps on nosediving, with the latest figures showing the fastest fall in real wages since 2009 as inflation continues to outpace wage rises. The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published on Tuesday (April 18) showed that yearly growth in average pay stayed at 6.6 per […]
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Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has finally acknowledged the role that rising prices is playing in soaring inflation — but Unite warned that Bailey is still failing to recognise the depth of the profiteering crisis. Last week, Bailey warned that businesses that set prices above inflation will risk embedding higher prices into the economy. […]
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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.
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.
But new UNISON research shows that public service workers are overwhelmingly pessimistic about chancellor Jeremy Hunt doing the right thing next week
The article How the budget could fix public services first appeared on the UNISON National site.
It’s no secret that Unite has made huge gains in the bus sector over the last year, winning big inflation-busting pay rises for tens of thousands of drivers and other bus workers across the UK. This month, Unite notched up another notable win when the union secured a 10 per cent pay increase for members […]
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UNISON national women’s conference opens with passionate debate on wide-ranging effects of the crisis, as women become the ‘shock-absorbers’ of austerity
The article The cost of living crisis hits home for working women first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Ministers must move on wages as workers struggle
The article Fair pay is the way to protect public services as high inflation continues first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Catering staff, cleaners and caretakers are being paid less than the real living wage in church schools
The article UNISON lobbies Church of England leaders over pay first appeared on the UNISON National site.
New research by Unite has revealed that the UK banking sector is making bonanza profits on the back of Bank of England interest rates increases. In the first nine months of 2022, the big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and NatWest) recorded profits of £19.8 billion. Since the end of 2021, big banks’ bank […]
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Pay strikes will hit the University of Leeds in February as a dispute over pay intensifies, Unite said today (February 1). The 200 non-teaching staff, members of Unite, have rejected an imposed pay deal set by the University and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) that amounts to three per cent for most workers. With the real […]
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