If this Tory government really cared about making our country fairer and more prosperous then decent pay for education workers would be one of their top priorities.
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NHS commissioners on course for some ‘unpalatable’ decisions
But UNISON warns that ‘there is little left to cut’
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New grammar school backlash
UNISON condemns possible creation of new selective schools
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‘Phenomenal’ public support
Bus drivers in Weymouth and Bridport have been buoyed up by ‘phenomenal’ public support in their two-month industrial action against ‘poverty pay’. Unite also branded the claims of First…Read more…
Stop the bullying
Bus drivers and engineers at Brighton and Hove buses and its subsidiary Metrobus in Crawley have overwhelmingly backed taking industrial action in a dispute over an increasingly ‘draconian’…Read more…
Oil strike rages on
A 48-hour strike by North Sea offshore oil and gas workers started today (August 4), after company managers rejected an offer from trade unions. Workers in the trade unions Unite and RMT will…Read more…
‘Dismaying’ jobs threat
The announcement today (August 3) of a possible 64 job losses at the Riverside housing association in Cumbria has been met with dismay by Unite. Riverside said the cause of the threatened job…Read more…
Has the Post Office ‘failed’?
The Post Office’s decision to close its final salary pension scheme is the latest episode causing concern over its financial state. It will mean reduced retirement incomes for the scheme’s 3,500…Read more…
Now you see it, now you don’t
Shop fitters in Newcastle are locked in a dispute over a pay offer that has been branded as ‘bizarre’ by Unite. The offer from the company sees workers given a 25 pence an hour increase and their…Read more…
Holiday pay win
A five-year legal battle to get haulier Eddie Stobart Ltd (ESL) to pay the correct rate of holiday pay has resulted in a pay-out of £364,000 for more than 430 drivers. Unite, which represented…Read more…
Higher Education members urged to strike for better pay
UNISON believes that no employee in higher education should be paid less than the Living Wage
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UNISON organiser Roger Bevan honoured one year after tragic death
UNISON organiser Roger Bevan was tragically killed in a road incident in Ceredigion one year ago. Roger was just 50 years old and his character and passion left an indelible mark on all his Welsh…Read more…
Fighting bullying and harassment
UNISON Cymru/Wales has made a significant breakthrough in tackling bullying and harassment in the workplace
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‘No business sense’
Prudential employees, based in Reading, are being balloted for strike action over plans to outsource about 75 jobs dealing with annuities to India. Staff, members of Unite, will start voting…Read more…
Bottling it up
Cider’s future at the historic Shepton Mallet mill in Somerset is not yet completely over – as Brothers Drinks, which bought the mill’s bottling line earlier this year, is gearing up to start…Read more…
A fairer national minimum wage remains an ‘urgent need’
UNISON reasserts the ‘ultimate goal’ for UK minimum wage policy, in its submission to the Low Pay Commission
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Too far, too fast
Unite called on Lloyds Banking Group to give a no compulsory redundancy guarantee today (July 28) as the banking group announced a further 3,000 job losses and the closure of 200 branches by the end…Read more…
UNISON urges government to end national scandal over homecare minimum wage cheats
Failure to honour the minimum wage is endemic across the care sector as many homecare workers are unpaid for the time they travel between home visits – which can be up to a fifth of their working…Read more…
Drop pay plans call
Penny pinching bosses at Capita’s life and pensions division were being urged to drop a ‘derisory’ pay offer resulting in a real terms pay cut for 75 per cent staff after the firm posted half year…Read more…
Bus drivers ‘cancer’ scandal
Weymouth bus drivers, suffering from cancer and serious heart conditions, have been told by hard-hearted bosses that they will have their sick pay docked while the strikes over ‘poverty pay’…Read more…