The real living wage is now £10.90 across the UK and £11.95 in London
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Blog: The £60bn gamble with the future of our country
Today’s budget is proof the money exists. But the political will to help working people doesn’t
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Government should follow Foundation’s lead with early wage rate rise, says UNISON
Ensuring everyone is paid at least £15 an hour would be a lifeline for millions.
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New date for the UNISON and TUC cost of living lobby of Parliament
We want all UNISON members to contact their MPs face to face, either locally or in London
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Workers to pay ‘for massive energy company profits’
Unite has slammed prime minister Liz Truss’ plan on energy bills, saying the proposal will make working people pay for energy company profits – and so for a crisis not of their own making. Truss on Thursday (September 8) announced a much-anticipated plan to tackle skyrocketing energy bills by freezing bills at £2,500 a year […]
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Environment Agency staff overwhelmingly reject pay offer
Rejection in the consultative ballot makes clear that ‘now is the time for the agency to step up and make the case for an increased pay offer’
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Blog: The time to act on the cost of living is now, prime minister
Millions of working people have been failed by this government for too long, as Liz Truss takes over from the self-aggrandising, debasing Boris Johnson
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Strikes called off after improved COSLA pay offer
UNISON secure significant improvements to the Scottish local government pay offer after industrial action across sectors
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The government has got to get back to governing, says UNISON
Top priority must be helping with cost of living
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Join the UNISON and TUC lobby of Parliament to #DemandBetter
Major lobby at Westminster on 19 October will see members speak to MPs about the cost of living crisis and how it is affecting them
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Wealth tax could fund pay rise for staff providing vital services
A pay rise in line with inflation for workers providing essential services could be funded by tax increases for higher earners and the wealthy, says a report published today (Friday) by UNISON. Independent economic analysis commissioned by the union identifies tax changes that would raise £30.58bn a year to tackle the cost-of-living crisis, including funding […]
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Public sector staff forced to skip meals as cost-of-living crisis deepens
Fair pay is essential to tackle spiralling bills
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Manchester NHS workers get back pay thanks to UNISON campaign
Healthcare assistants are re-banded after the union revealed that they were carrying out clinical tasks that were above the grade they had been hired on
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‘Profiteering crisis’
Inflation has hit a 40-year high according to the latest figures published today (August 17), which showed the RPI measure of inflation skyrocketing to 12.3 per cent in July, up from 11.8 per cent in June. The newest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that rising food prices were the main driver […]
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Proper wage boost the answer as inflation reaches new high
Households need help to end the misery
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TUC and UNISON ramp up cost of living campaign
October dates announced for lobby of MPs – put them in your diaries now, as Christina McAnea says the union is working to use ‘all levers at our disposal’
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Energy price freeze is right move for cost of living pressures
Labour proposal would help struggling households
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Cummins workers in pay win
Unite has negotiated a £2,300 cost of living payment for workers at the engine manufacturing and components company Cummins. The one off payment will cover 2,730 workers who are part of the bargaining unit that Unite negotiates on behalf of. The agreement covers workers based at the company’s factories in Darlington, Daventry, Huddersfield, Stamford and […]
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Ridiculous pay plans would have spelt total disaster for the NHS, says UNISON
The NHS is in the depths of the biggest staffing crisis it’s ever faced.
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General secretary reiterates need for branches to be ‘strike ready’
Christina McAnea also tells NEC meeting that the spectacle of the Tory Party leadership candidates trying to ‘out-tough’ each other is ‘unedifying’
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