Money for essential services It shouldn’t be swallowed up by a costly reorganisation.
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Council reorganisation will be costly and threatens services, says UNISON
Money for essential services shouldn’t be swallowed up by a costly reorganisation.
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Harlow council strikes intensify
Pay strikes by over 300 staff responsible for Harlow council’s housing stock and the cleaning and maintenance of council grounds and buildings are to intensify, Unite said on Tuesday (March 28). The workers, who are employed by HTS, which is wholly owned by Harlow district council, began strike action in late February. New strike dates […]
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Social housing bosses need formal qualifications? Yes but….
Today the Government has announced that it will change the law to make it compulsory for Social Housing Managers to hold formal qualifications in a similar way to social workers and teachers. The reasons given were “both Grenfell and the death of Awaab…Read more…
Hackney council workers to strike
More than 200 Hackney council workers will strike over an “insulting” 1.75 per cent pay offer, Unite said today (April 6). Staff working in refuse, building services and passenger services for those…Read more…
Leisure centre Giant GLL sheds 2000 jobs
An estimated 2,000 staff on zero hours contracts have been shed during the pandemic by controversial leisure services giant Greenwich Leisure Ltd (GLL) reinforcing the case for the gyms, swimming…Read more…
Hackney parking wardens win
Unite said the decision by Hackney council to bring its more than 130 parking wardens back ‘in-house’ is ‘the way to go’ for those London boroughs still wedded to the outsourced, privatisation model….Read more…
‘Come clean’ call to council
The decision by Lewisham council to extend the contract of Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) to run the authorities leisure services has been condemned by Unite today, August 26.
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Council outsourcing firms told to ‘come clean’
Companies with council outsourcing contracts are being urged to open their books so that Unite the union can check that they won’t be using Covid-19 as a smokescreen to shed jobs, and cut pay and…Read more…
Bring council services in-house call
Unite which represents tens of thousands of local authority workers, is calling for bold action to be taken to avert a financial crisis from engulfing local authorities after it was revealed that…Read more…
Council cleaners celebrate after seeing off outsourcing threat
UNISON campaigning sees Middlesbrough council drop privatisation plan
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Northants council workers to get pay rise
Promised 4% increase in April 2020 will be first pay rise in three years for staff at crisis council
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Billions needed to address jaw-dropping council funding cuts
Funding announced in the Chancellor’s spending review goes nowhere near to solving this
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Austerity is still very real for local services, says UNISON
Commenting on the publication of the government’s local government finance settlement for 2019/20, UNISON head of local government Jon Richards said: “This is another £1bn dose of austerity…Read more…
‘Do the right thing’
Payment of bills to Newham council’s suppliers ‘could grind to a snail’s pace’, if a dispute involving finance staff who process the payments is not resolved, Unite warned today (October 11). …Read more…
‘Cop-out option’
Tory-controlled Westminster Council has spent more than £1m on ‘gagging’ orders, prompting criticism from many including Unite. According to information obtained by Left Foot Forward in a…Read more…
The continuing crisis in Northamptonshire
Special report: County council’s financial crisis could be the tip of an iceberg warns union
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Give councils and schools the cash to fund a decent pay rise and protect services
The government needs to recognise the importance of the jobs council and school workers do
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Higher wages for council employees would save the Treasury money, says UNISON
Local government workers are the lowest paid in the public sector. This pay rise is affordable and long overdue.
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Cymru/Wales calls for services and communities to be the priority
‘Welsh public service workers will be holding you to account’, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis warns candidates at manifesto launch
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