Promised 4% increase in April 2020 will be first pay rise in three years for staff at crisis council
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Love your library? Tell us about it
UNISON survey of library workers will look at the effects of austerity cuts on the service
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Save Our Services blog: The trading standards officer’s tale
For SOS Day on 6 December, we asked our members working in safety related roles to tell us about the reality of working to keep their communities safe under years of austerity.
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Save Our Services blog: The environmental health officer’s tale
For SOS Day on 6 December, we asked our members working in safety related roles to tell us about the reality of working to keep their communities safe under years of austerity.
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Save our services – celebrate our unsung heroes
This year, we are focusing on the role our members in local government play in keeping people safe
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Turning over a new leaf – taking the fight for libraries to the streets
Writers, readers and workers take the fight for the country’s cultural soul to Westminster
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‘A testament to the strength of feeling’
Council workers from across UK pack Westminster to tell MPs ‘what’s really happening’ and urge them to Save Our Local Services
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The continuing crisis in Northamptonshire
Special report: County council’s financial crisis could be the tip of an iceberg warns union
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Join UNISON on SOS Day and fight back against library cuts
Are you ready for this week’s Save Our local Services campaign day, celebrating and defending our library service?
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SOS Day for libraries
Our Save Our Services campaign day of action this year takes place on 19 October and is focused on libraries. Libraries are a hub and a haven in our communities. They offer a place for people to…Read more…
Champions campaign helping to turn the tide against austerity
UNISON will continue to ‘harness members voices from the frontline’ in its campaigning
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Neighbourhood services in crisis
Natalie Ntim blogs
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All eyes on the metro mayors
UNISON wants to see public services at the top of the agenda during the metro mayor elections
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‘Proper staff are vital,’ says UNISON as park crisis grows
MPs’ report highlights growing threat to UK’s parks and opens spaces as cuts bite deeper
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Adult social care is the biggest pressure on councils
Research reveals the pressure on councils
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Save Our Services: How cuts are hitting Black people
Black workers are usually the first to lose their job in a recession – and this has been true for services provided by local government in the latest recession
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‘Ten thousand books were pulped’ – your library stories
UNISON members share their experiences of what the local government cuts have meant for library services where they live and work
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Public pay the price of job cuts
Without a backbone of administrative and clerical workers to help take the strain, our vital local services will collapse
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The campaign to Save Our Local Services goes on
UNISON will continue to campaign for vital local services to be properly funded after successful day of action focused on social care raised awareness with MPs
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More money for social care is needed
Adult social care is in crisis, but UNISON has a solution – find out how UNISON’s proposal to use a £2.4bn business rate surplus in England would affect funding in your area
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