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On the first day of Unite’s policy conference on Tuesday (July 11) Unite delegate Heather Gilfillan from Scotland highlighted the importance of public services as she moved a motion on a public services minimum wage of £15 an hour. Heather told conference of media reports every day showing public services on its knees, facing massive […]
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Low-paid workers will have little to celebrate today (April 1) as a minimum wage rise of 19p an hour is rendered meaningless by rising living costs such as increases in council tax, and energy and…Read more…
Chancellor Rishi Sunak yet again failed to offer the level of ambition necessary to rebuild a shattered economy, while also targeting the lowest paid to bear the brunt of the crisis despite their…Read more…
Unite has urged chancellor Rishi Sunak to reject a return to austerity ahead of his comprehensive spending review on Wednesday (November 25) amid reports that the latest announcements will hit the…Read more…
As the battle to stem the coronavirus epidemic rages on, Britons have woken up to the realisation that it is often the lowest-paid among us whose jobs are most vital in a time of crisis. …Read more…
New minimum pay rates come into force for many key workers, including care staff
The article New minimum wages rates take effect from today first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
As the government’s mandatory minimum wage is set to rise to just £8.72 an hour in April, new research reveals that an astounding 25 per cent of minimum wage workers are being underpaid illegally….Read more…
UNISON launches #OneWageAnyWage campaign is it celebrates 20 years of the national minimum wage
The article One wage for all ages first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Four in ten people have less than £6.60 per day to spend on themselves after their bills have been paid, a survey by the Nationwide Building Society has found. In the UK people have on…Read more…
‘We believe the Court of Appeal got this decision completely wrong and will do everything we can to reverse it’
The article UNISON seeks leave to appeal on sleep-in case first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Bad bosses who exploit their workers should be held to account, facing higher fines and greater threat of prosecution, the government has been told. These were among nearly 40 other…Read more…
One in five people working in the UK do not earn enough to live on – that’s about 5m people earning below the Living Wage, a rate calculated by an independent foundation to reflect the real cost of…Read more…
The usual suspects in retail and hospitality topped the government’s latest list of bosses ‘named and shamed’ for failing to pay the minimum wage to its workers. Household names such as…Read more…
Responding to the National Audit Office (NAO) report on the social care workforce published today (Thursday), UNISON’s assistant general secretary Christina McAnea said: “This damning report exposes…Read more…
On the third working day of the year, spare a moment to think of Britain’s fat cats, who have now earned more than the annual salary of an average UK worker. Today (January 4) is “Fat Cat…Read more…
One in five people are still earning less than the Living Wage a new report has found, just as the wage rate increased today (November 6) to £10.20 in London and £8.75 in the rest of the UK. …Read more…
More than a million people are barely eking out a living on the minimum wage, now set at £7.50 an hour – but a shock new report has revealed that among these low-paid workers, as many as 1 in 5 are…Read more…
Hairdressers were among the worst culprits in illegally failing to pay their workers the minimum wage in Scotland. In total, 19 companies in Scotland were ‘named and shamed’ by the government…Read more…
The shocking extent to which low pay has gripped the entire country was laid bare today (August 24) in new figures published by the Labour Party. The analysis of workers in the UK earning less…Read more…
Argos has topped the list of companies failing to pay their workers the minimum wage, owing nearly £1.5m in back pay to 12,000 workers, as the government last night (August 16) released its latest…Read more…