Holding down pay will worsen a bad situation
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Coffin makers go on strike
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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Mileage rate rise needed urgently for public sector staff
Workers cannot go on subsidising employers while driving for work
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Blog: The government paves the way for Austerity 2.0
‘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
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Help ensure MPs understand the reality of the cost of living crisis
Next week’s lobby of Parliament gives members the chance to tell MPs how the crisis is affecting ordinary workers – and tell them that further cuts are not the answer
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UNISON retired members focus on the cost of living crisis
Meeting for their annual conference, delegates also discuss motions on pensions, bus passes and free prescriptions
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‘We need to build a movement, not a moment’
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham gave an inspiring speech at TUC conference on Wednesday (October 19), as she moved a motion on rebuilding industrial power. Below is Sharon’s speech in full. Friends, I bring with me solidarity from over 400 Unite picket lines that have lined the streets and cities throughout our nations — from […]
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‘Co-ordinated action unites us,’ McAnea tells TUC congress
General secretary tells delegates in Brighton that UNISON will be working with other unions to help working people get the pay rise that they deserve
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‘If we want to win, we must be prepared to strike’
Unite delegate Ruth Hayes told TUC conference that industrial action was the key to tackling the cost of living crisis on Tuesday (October 18). Speaking in support of a composite on the current crisis, Ruth explained how it is “profits – not our wages – which are fuelling the cost of living crisis”. She highlighted […]
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A gamble with pensioners’ lives: retired members confront the cost of living crisis
Chair of UNISON’s national retired members’ committee, Rosie MacGregor, outlines the most pressing concerns for retired people
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Tories ‘cannot be trusted’, after screeching economic U-turn
UNISON general secretary says there must be a general election now, as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt reverses many of the measures in his predecessor’s mini-budget
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Government can’t be trusted and must go, says UNISON
Promises to help with soaring energy bills are in tatters
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NEC hears that building for the NHS strike ballots is the ‘priority’
October meeting is also addressed by the international officer of Atomprofspilka, the Nuclear Power and Industry Workers Union in Ukraine
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Pay squeeze continues
An unprecedented pay squeeze continues after new figures published today (October 11) show that real-terms pay has fallen by nearly 3 per cent in the three months to August. The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that real-terms wages had dropped 2.9 per cent between June and August, only slightly less […]
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Blog: Taking our cost of living campaign to a wider audience
From the picket line to the heart of government, help to make sure that our members’ voices are heard
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Let’s rise up in Westminster on 2 November – in UNISON
Get ready for next month’s lobby of Parliament as UNISON and the TUC build the campaign on the cost of living crisis and building a better future
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UNISON launches next stage of cost of living campaign
The public launch features a new microsite campaign hub as well as a co-ordinated digital and billboard advertising campaign
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Union leaders call on PM to rule out ‘crippling cuts’ to public services
UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea is one of the signatories of open letter calling for urgent talks with government, amid fears of more austerity
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‘Outrageous profiteering’
Unite delegate Professor Cecile Wright made a vital intervention in a debate on the climate crisis on Tuesday (September 27) of the Labour Party conference. Cecile told conference that the climate crisis was inextricably linked with the current energy crisis, noting that “the Tories have produced a rigged market in the production and supply of […]
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Mythbuster: the budget
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s vision for Britain’s economic future immediately proved to be a very dangerous fantasy. We explain why
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