New minimum wage rates come into force across UK, including ‘national living wage’
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New minimum wage rates come into force across UK, including ‘national living wage’
The article Minimum wage rates increase first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
The mayoral candidate for Great Manchester outlines plans for a fully-integrated health and social care service
The article Andy Burnham vows to end ‘callous culture’ of social care…Read more…
If the government wants to spend money on tackling low pay, there are better alternatives – like real legal enforcement of the minimum wage to penalise unscrupulous employers and introducing a living…Read more…
Unite members at Gatwick Airport who are employed in assisting passengers with reduced mobility will this week begin voting for strike action in a dispute over pay. The staff, who are employed…Read more…
UNISON calls for living wage and an end to age discrimination ‘built into’ minimum wage
The article Minimum wage rates go up in April first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
The rise of food banks are the most visible face of the poverty crisis affecting the UK in 2017 – they’re the country’s new emergency service. We spent a few days at one to find out more
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While the numbers of people illegally being paid below the minimum wage is a relatively minor phenomenon, in the West Midlands the problem is a more worrying one. That’s because it tops the…Read more…
For thousands of workers up and down the country, the Living Wage – not the government’s bogus rebranding but the ‘real’ Living Wage – has changed lives to the tune of thousands a year. For…Read more…
UNISON welcomes accreditation for latest Scottish council
The article North Ayrshire – a living wage employer first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
“Supporting the accredited living wage is quite simply the right thing to do; it improves our employees’ quality of life but also benefits our business and society as a whole.” Everton FC…Read more…
Everton FC has become the second Premier League side to pledge to pay its staff a real living wage. The Liverpool-based club has been accredited by the Living Wage Foundation (LWF), which…Read more…
The Scottish Living Wage is the real living wage – the UK government just hijacked the brand!
The new rate of £8.45 is a welcome increase for many thousands of low paid workers. Also congratulations…Read more…
This year it’s more important than ever to make a noise about the real living wage – a wage people can actually afford to live on – and calling on the government to put their money where their…Read more…
Health and social care partnership commits to achieving fair work, better pay and improved quality of care on eve of Living Wage Week
The article Inverclyde signs up to UNISON’s Ethical Care…Read more…
UNISON welcomes increase to £8.45 (outside London) and 39.75 (London) an hour at start of Living Wage Week
The article New living wage rates announced first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Unite has now issued the call for industrial action – action short of strike and the first three strike days, as part of our dispute over pay, pensions and job security. The first action starts on Monday, with the first strike on Tuesday 1st November.
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Unite’s industrial action ballot of members in my own workplace has now opened.
There’s an appeal for support leaflet, and you can also follow us on Facebook or Twitter.Read more…
Unite welcomed today’s (September 26) commitment from the shadow chancellor John McDonnell, that a Labour government would address poverty pay by putting a real living wage into law, which is…Read more…
The next meeting of Unite’s Area Activists Committee for Greater Manchester will be discussing the motion below. It is taking place on Tuesday 6th December at the Unite Salford office. The meeting of the elected committee will be at 5:15pm, followed at…Read more…
London’s hospitality workers protested with outrage over the ‘unethical’ working conditions of the capital’s hotel industry yesterday evening, following the launch of Unite’s hard-hitting report…Read more…