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…
Out-of-touch chancellor is sacrificing public services for personal popularity
Public sector workers need pay commitment
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Blog: The spring statement is a slap in the face for workers
Promises to cut taxes in the future won’t cut the mustard with families living a financial hell today
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‘Tinkering around the edges’
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…
Chancellor’s tinkering won’t tackle the real problems facing hard-pressed households
Failure to tackle public sector pay is outrageous
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‘It will just be more of the same’
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…
Government must act to relieve the relentless pressure on household incomes, says UNISON
A decent pay rise might prove just enough to persuade key workers to stay.
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Chancellor must deliver public sector pay rise and cost of living help, says UNISON
Rising prices are wreaking havoc on the finances of working people.
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‘We can’t afford to live’
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…
Blog: It’s time for the chancellor to make good on his promise on pay
The spring statement comes as inflation is at a 30-year high, with UNISON members struggling to feed their families. Rishi Sunak must act
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Bank of England hikes interest rates amid soaring inflation
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…
‘We can’t afford to live’
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…
Ministers must stop public sector worker wages falling so far behind, says UNISON
Staff mustn’t heave to leave jobs to get decent pay
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There for You launches the Energy Support Appeal
UNISON’s charity is asking for donations from branches to support members who are struggling with the spike in energy costs
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Swindon bus drivers ‘won’t accept low pay any longer’
Over 80 bus drivers employed by Stagecoach West in Swindon have overwhelmingly voted in favour of strike action, joining their colleagues in Gloucestershire in a dispute over low pay. The drivers…Read more…
Riverside Bakery workers in strike vote
A pay cut disguised as a rise offered to staff earning just above the minimum wage at Nottingham’s Riverside Bakery has resulted in a strike ballot, Unite said today (February 21). More than 150…Read more…
Heart Unions week: ‘Being in a union made the difference’
In the last part of our Heart Unions week series, we look at why being part of a trade union has never been more important than now amid an unprecedented cost of living crisis. While working people’s…Read more…
Weymouth bus drivers celebrate pay win
Bus drivers and mechanics at the First Wessex depot in Weymouth, Dorset have won a significant pay victory which will see an extra 8.2 per cent in pay packets by November 2022. Unite the union said…Read more…
‘A crisis not of our making’
Unite members will continue to fight for substantial pay increases to protect their already squeezed living standards as inflation continues to soar, according to the latest figures published today…Read more…
Inflation figures a nightmare for families and public services, says UNISON
Christina McAnea says extra cash needed for inflation-busting wage rises
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