Vacancy rates are rocketing because care workers are underpaid for a difficult and skilled job.
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Improving lives means more than putting money in people’s pockets, says UNISON general secretary
Christina McAnea delivers lecture at Jimmy Reid Foundation.
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Improving lives means more than putting money in people’s pockets
Christina McAnea delivers memorial lecture for inspirational union leader Jimmy Reid
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Austerity cuts had terrible repercussions and should never be repeated, says UNISON
Cuts to public services cause irreparable damage to the nation’s health.
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Workers at Leeds Beckett University begin strike over pay, says UNISON
Low pay has been a massive, and growing, problem in the university sector for a decade and more.
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Government should focus on those in need rather than foolish tax cuts
Disturbing that government took a week to see sense
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Give health staff pay boost to resolve workforce crisis, says UNISON
Health workers including nurses are burned out, fed up and leaving NHS in droves
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Ministers should be ashamed that NHS staff are having to use food banks, says UNISON
Some health employees are now so hard up, they can’t survive without help from their employers.
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Government must stop the chaos and abandon its disastrous financial experiment, says UNISON
Borrowing to fund huge tax cuts for the super wealthy has taken the UK economy to the brink.
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Breakfast clubs will give pupils the ingredients for learning
Modern childcare system is the heart of any decent society
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A Labour government can’t come soon enough, says UNISON
Labour in power would understand that well-funded public services, with properly paid staff, help grow the economy.
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Genuine living wage and public service investment show why Labour should be in government
Pledges will shape decent society and fuel the economy
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Government handing taxpayers’ money to rich friends, while public services suffer
Best thing for working people in this country is to elect a Labour government
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The country needs a transformative Labour government
Meaningful policies will have a real impact for public service workers
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Stop seeing unions as the enemy, says UNISON
Ministers are showing a blatant disregard for working people
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Fee rise for stretched NHS workers is unfair and misjudged, says UNISON
Compulsory annual registration fee could rise from £98.12 to £117.74.
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Government is making rich richer while leaving struggling families in despair
Teetering public services deserve much better
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Solving NHS and care crisis must involve proper workforce plan, says UNISON
Pay and proper planning is key to fixing NHS and social care
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UNISON comments on NHS Confederation’s call for better funding for social care
For too long, the government has ignored pay and staffing.
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Government should follow Foundation’s lead with early wage rate rise, says UNISON
Ensuring everyone is paid at least £15 an hour would be a lifeline for millions.
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