This government needs to get a grip and start making political choices that help workers, rather than punishing them.
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This government needs to get a grip and start making political choices that help workers, rather than punishing them.
The article Blog: The chancellor should look again at the impact of NI tax hike…Read more…
Strike action at Nottingham’s Riverside Bakery has been cancelled after Unite negotiated a pay deal worth nearly seven per cent for around 170 workers. The workers were due to commence continuous…Read more…
Urgent action needed to stop further slide into poverty
The article Government must get a grip of the cost-of-living crisis and increase public sector pay first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Vital police staff, such as 999 call handlers, are being urged to reject a ‘pitiful and insulting’ 2.1 per cent pay offer over a 17-month period, as the country faces the biggest cost of living…Read more…
Provision of tests needed to contain infection spread
The article Ending free Covid tests could threaten public services first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Unite has slammed the government for ending free car parking for NHS staff in England this week, as it highlighted rock-bottom morale among health workers and a cost of living crisis that has hit so…Read more…
Unite is calling on the government to invest in community-based debt advice in response to the cost of living crisis which is creating financial misery for millions. Unite is calling for the…Read more…
Public sector workers need pay commitment
The article Out-of-touch chancellor is sacrificing public services for personal popularity first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Promises to cut taxes in the future won’t cut the mustard with families living a financial hell today
The article Blog: The spring statement is a slap in the face for workers first appeared on the…Read more…
Unite has slammed chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement today (March 23), which the union has said does not go anywhere near far enough to tackle an unprecedented cost of living crisis. Expected…Read more…
Failure to tackle public sector pay is outrageous
The article Chancellor’s tinkering won’t tackle the real problems facing hard-pressed households first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Ahead of chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement today (March 23), Unite general secretary Sharon Graham explains why we cannot rely on this government to tackle an unprecedented cost of…Read more…
A decent pay rise might prove just enough to persuade key workers to stay.
The article Government must act to relieve the relentless pressure on household incomes, says UNISON first appeared on the…Read more…
Rising prices are wreaking havoc on the finances of working people.
The article Chancellor must deliver public sector pay rise and cost of living help, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Unite Community members descended outside chancellor Rishi Sunak’s constituency office in North Yorkshire on Friday (March 18) to send a clear message – that for a huge and growing number of families…Read more…
The spring statement comes as inflation is at a 30-year high, with UNISON members struggling to feed their families. Rishi Sunak must act
The article Blog: It’s time for the chancellor to make good…Read more…
The Bank of England has today (March 17) raised interest rates for the third time in a row, from 0.5 per cent to 0.75 per cent – a move that Unite has warned will further squeeze household finances…Read more…
Ahead of the spring statement on Wednesday, March 23, members of Unite Community will travel to Rishi Sunak’s Richmond constituency in North Yorkshire to urge him to do a lot more to help the UK’s…Read more…
Staff mustn’t heave to leave jobs to get decent pay
The article Ministers must stop public sector worker wages falling so far behind, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON’s charity is asking for donations from branches to support members who are struggling with the spike in energy costs
The article There for You launches the Energy Support Appeal first…Read more…