The Environment Agency has refused to make a better offer – or even to reopen talks
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It’s time to end poverty wages and exploitative practices
‘The only people who will deliver for social care workers are this union,’ conference delegates hear
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Public service workers deserve better than poverty wages, says UNISON
Living Wage Foundation data shows extent of low wages
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North-west members vote for action over pay
Ballots of low-paid health and care workers employed by private companies see majorities for strikes
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UNISON NEC Elections 2019: Nominate Denise and John for Community Seats
“Dear Branch Secretary
We did send a request on 7 January 2019 and we apologise for sending another request if your branch has already decided nominations but we believe that some branches did not receive our previous request. We understand from UNI…Read more…
Wythenshawe Sodexo staff win NHS pay rates
Moves toward industrial action ballot see Manchester hospital’s facility staff welcome in the new year with a pay boost
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Conference sets ambitious pay policy for 2019
Higher education delegates call for RPI +3% pay rise as they demand ‘an end to insulting and derisory’ offers
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‘You do fabulous work; you deserve decent pay’
Assistant general secretary Christina McAnea praises members and activists as she opens higher education conference
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Police staff members agree pay offer
The 2% pay rise in England and Wales will be backdated to 1 September 2018
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Fat Cat Friday
“Today’s #FatCatFriday – when the typical FTSE100 CEO has already earned the average wage for a whole year.
While greedy execs sit on piles of cash, thousands of families struggle to make ends meet due to rising insecure work and draconian condit…Read more…
‘Stuck in the slow lane’
The average worker has lost nearly £12,000 in real earnings since the financial crisis a decade ago, new research has shown. A report from the TUC found that in some parts of the country,…Read more…
That was the year that was
As 2018 draws to a close we look back on a memorable year with the UK’s biggest union
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Wages, prices and bargaining
Money is getting tight – but what do the figures say about how much, or more accurately how little, our wages have kept pace with the costs we have to pay each week?
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Public shows support for university workers facing pay cut
University of Leicester security workers’ petition attracts nearly 1,000 signatures in days – why not add your support?
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A great October
UNISON members win in the courts and through industrial action
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Weakening of trade unions behind pay stagnation, says Bank of England’s Chief Economist
Andrew Haldane, Chief Economist at the Bank of England, has pointed to the decline in trade union power as a key factor in the last ten years of real wage stagnation, alongside the rise of insecure work, low productivity and automation.
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Bolton hospital staff strike today and tomorrow for NHS pay
‘I’ve never had to go on strike before, but we’re all standing together and I’m not scared’ – hospital domestic Andrea Lea
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UNISON responds to CQC State of Care report
Much more needs to be done to improve the social care sector and restore the dignity that’s lacking
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UNISON – the union for Housing association workers
New recruitment leaflet from UNISON. A key message is that more employers sit down with UNISON to negotiate terms and conditions that any other union in the sector and that we represent workers interests around the table.
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Bolton hospital workers vow to go ahead with strike next week
Outsourced ‘subco’ workers reject latest pay offer as still below NHS pay
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