Plans by social enterprise leisure giant Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) for its permanent staff to take an unpaid career break until at least April 2021 has led to renewed calls that its council…Read more…
UNISON joins attack on housing minister over fossil fuel divestment
Open letter condemns suggestion that pension funds engage in ‘constructive engagement’ with fossil fuel companies
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Sunderland members give out 3,000 gift packs to local government workers
‘We’re looking after the people who are looking after the people’
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UNISON publishes library reopening guidance
Advice for a ‘gradual and phased’ return puts safety first
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Help them get the pay they deserve
Councillors from across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are being urged to sign up and support a fair and proper pay rise for council workers in an online letter launched by Unite, as part of its…Read more…
‘Warm words rub salt in wounds’
About 100,000 council workers, members of Unite, will take part in a consultative ballot to see if they wish to reject or accept a pay and conditions offer for 2020/1 which amounts to just £1.83 a…Read more…
NJC committee to put pay offer to members
Consultation will allow branches and members to discuss the employers’ final offer – the best that can be achieved by negotiation
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Fighting on two fronts – and paying the price
Migrant key workers are on the pandemic frontline but their fight to remain in the country is even harder. UNISON is asking the government to grant them indefinite leave to remain. We hear what that…Read more…
Ministers mustn’t forget important workers delivering essential services, says UNISON
Local government workers facing coronavirus risks and pressures
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‘I’ve felt like I’m more at risk of exhaustion than COVID-19’
Homeless hostel team leader Sarah talks about how the coronavirus pandemic has made her and her colleagues’ jobs harder than ever
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‘They must be properly rewarded’
During the coronavirus epidemic, council workers are among those who are the glue holding the nation together at a time when it is on the brink of all falling apart. From refuse collectors to care…Read more…
Blog: Worth more than a clap
How you can support the campaign for a decent, fair pay rise for all our key workers in councils and schools
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Local government pay – UNISON statement
Union will continue to campaign for more funding for the pay of key workers in local government and schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
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UNISON welcomes Supreme Court decision on ethical LGPS investment
Court overturns LGPS regulations banning investment decisions which aren’t in line with government foreign and defence policy
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Baking for bin men: life as a refuse collector in COVID-19
‘To be honest, the public have been giving us better equipment than our employer’
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Council workers keeping vital local services running during the pandemic deserve a proper pay rise, say unions
Chancellor urged to fund top up to pay offer
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UNISON secures PPE win for Scotland’s care workers
Joint unions warned that previous advice from Scotland’s chief nursing officer increased risks for home and social carers
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Free parking is an important recognition of vital health workers, says UNISON
Cost will be one less worry for stretched staff
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Addaction strikers suspend pay campaign
Striking drug and alcohol rehabilitation workers in Wigan and Leigh in dispute over failed pay promises and staff shortages, halt campaign because of coronavirus
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UNISON says thank you
UK’s biggest union publicly thanks members for tacking national emergency
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