Private company Compass claims it can’t afford an 82p pay rise despite generating £1.7bn in profit and paying their boss £4.6m
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“Addaction” drug and alcohol staff to strike on Friday (tomorrow)
Solidarity to privatised NHS UNISON members striking tomorrow.
“Strike action involving 31 staff employed by Addaction is set to go ahead after Acas talks did not reach a resolution to their dispute on Wednesday.
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Outsourced NHS staff in Blackpool and St Helens strike over pay and conditions
Compass employees demand pay parity, while staff in Liverpool celebrate their own victory
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Reversing the cuts
The three largest local government unions, representing 1.4 million employees in schools and councils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland have today (July 24) submitted a pay claim that…Read more…
No new pay rise for English school support staff
Chancellor’s pay announcement only applies to teachers – and schools will have to find the bulk of the money themselves
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Birmingham university members strike
Noisy, colourful and good humoured pickets call for fair pay
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North West hospital staff to strike for pay equality
Members at three NHS trusts deliver 100% vote for strikes to win NHS rates for all staff
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HE members to vote on industrial action over pay
Ballot will start in autumn following rejection of employers’ final pay offer
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Another university signs up to living wage
South Wales accreditation means all workers on campus, including those employed by contractors, will earn at least £9 an hour
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UNISON recommends higher education staff reject ‘inadequate’ pay offer
A pay offer to higher education staff falls far short of the annual rise they deserve as university bosses have seen their salaries soar, says UNISON. The union’s higher education executive has now…Read more…
Alternative Futures Group (AFG) workers begin seven-day strike
Company has rejected UNISON’s offer of serious talks over cutting carers’ sleep-in shift payments
Solidarity to AFG strikers hat tip UNISON website
“Over 650 UNISON members employed by the Alternative Futures Group (AFG) begin seven days of strike acti…Read more…
HE employers make final pay offer
UNISON’s service group executive will meet on 7 May to decide response and consultation procedures
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Hospital catering workers strike on May Day
Outsourced Doncaster and Bassetlaw hospital members plan 11 days of strikes in May to win health service pay rise
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Police staff publish 5% pay claim for England and Wales
Unions publish joint claim which also calls for two lowest pay points to be deleted
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‘Enough is enough’
Production workers at Somerset firm Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Bridgwater, where productivity is said to have ‘gone through the roof’, have voted for strike action over a ‘paltry’ pay offer. …Read more…
Macclesfield hospital pay protest
Low paid staff, contracted by outsourcing firm ISS, at Macclesfield District General Hospital are staging a second protest on Friday (April 26) against ISS’ plans to withhold up to a week of their…Read more…
‘People deserve better’
An increase in pay growth over the last 12 months belies rocketing in-work poverty and wage levels that are still below those seen before the financial crisis, Unite has warned. Weekly…Read more…
Police staff unions submit pay claim
England and Wales pay claim seeks 5% increase, while addressing a number of issues, including annual leave disparity
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Higher ed pay talks open
Joint unions submit pay claim for 2019-20 as negotiations get under way
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UNISON urges vigilance as new minimum wages rates are due
Union says stewards need to make sure employers are paying the proper amounts when the new wage rates come into force on 1 April
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