The chancellor’s budget statement is not what we expect from politicians who claim that theirs is the real party of public services
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Blog: The government tries to look like it’s giving, but it’s taking away
Ahead of the spending review, UNISON is calling on the chancellor to rebuild our public services
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Any public pay award below cost of living is a wage cut
Pay freeze should never have been imposed
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Pay freeze will continue “in all but name” unless government departments get extra money
Holding down public sector pay was height of folly
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“Out of touch speech” shows PM has no idea of the issues affecting ordinary families, says UNISON
Public sector staff mustn’t see their pay slip further behind
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Police staff pay freeze ‘deeply insulting’
Unions representing police staff, including control room operatives, 999 calls handlers and forensic specialists, have written to the home secretary Priti Patel asking her to urgently reconsider the…Read more…
UNISON campaign urges public to use votes to show support for public service staff
Pay freeze should be on voters’ minds
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Public services pay freeze – UNISON takes the fight to Tory MPs
Red wall Tories to learn the reality of working in public services through the pandemic
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‘We’ll fight the public sector pay freeze’
UNISON makes plans to fight the public sector pay freeze and pays tribute to Dave Prentis at his final NEC meeting before retirement
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‘Shocked and angry’
Unite is warning that the prospect of industrial discontent on construction sites across the UK in the coming months has greatly increased, as a result of employers blocking a pay increase. The…Read more…
Britain still needs a pay rise – real wages are falling again
Are you feeling the pinch? That’s because real wages are falling – again. In 2016, average real weekly pay (that’s pay once inflation has been taken into account) for UK workers was around £24 less than it was back in 2008. This adds up to over £1,200 a year. The UK is one of few…
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‘There is an alternative to austerity’
UNISON general secretary uses Labour conference to call for an end to the cuts, privatisation and pay freezes that are ‘destroying lives’
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Adding insult to injury – public service workers exempt from Tory call for pay rises
‘It’s time Britain had a pay rise’ the Tory Prime Minister told the British Chambers of Commerce on Tuesday. But Tory Ministers were quick to point out that Cameron’s Damascene conversion to fairness…Read more…