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1 Mar 22
Local government members of Unite are set to strike next month over an ‘unacceptable’ 1.75% pay rise, whilst other trade unions have accepted the offer.
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24 May 21
Trade unions have rejected a proposed 1.5% pay rise for local government employees, labelling it “insulting”.
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18 Oct 19
Thirty-nine per cent of British adults would like their council to prioritise spending on waste collection and recycling, a Unison and ComRes poll has said.
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10 Apr 19
The growing pay divide between people working directly for the NHS and outsourcing staff is impacting patient care, a union has warned.
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6 Mar 19
Local government workers in Scotland will see their pay rise by 9.5% over three years after a new deal was struck with employers.
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21 Sep 18
The regulator has told NHS trusts to stop setting up controversial wholly owned subsidiaries until further guidance is issued.
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10 Sep 18
Low pay and the high cost of renting make home ownership a “pipe dream” for most public sector workers, a trade union has said.
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23 Apr 18
A health service membership body and union are locked in a row over controversial NHS subsidiaries.
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9 Apr 18
The local government employee 2% pay offer is now expected to go ahead, after Unison confirmed to PF it had finally accepted the proposed rise.
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24 Sep 17
A majority of support workers in health and local government believe services they help provide are deteriorating, a trade union survey has found.
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10 Jul 17
Concern about public sector pay limits has focused on NHS and emergency service workers. But pay for more than a million school and council workers has been kept down for longer and it’s time...
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16 Jun 17
Three unions have called for a 5% increase in local government worker pay as figures reveal wages are being squeezed by inflation.
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5 Dec 16
Health reform plans being put together across England should be halted in order to allow for greater consultation on the planned changes, according to the trade union Unison.
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16 Nov 16
Unison has called on the government to use a £2.4bn surplus in unallocated business rates to ease the crisis in social care funding.
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11 Nov 16
Vulnerable older people are being denied regular showers and visits to the toilet because of cuts to social care budgets, a report by trade union Unison has said.
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25 Oct 16
Unison has warned the government that it would be acting unlawfully if it pressed the eight new Local Government Pension Scheme bodies to invest in infrastructure.
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12 Sep 16
Trades Union Congress general secretary Frances O’Grady has urged the government to ensure that high quality jobs in Britain are protected following the vote to leave the European Union.
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23 Aug 16
The number of UK families living in extreme debt has risen to more than one million due to stagnant wage growth, including in the public sector, research published by the Trades Union Congress and...
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22 Jun 16
Local government staff are under unprecedented pressure across the country due to council cutbacks and staff shortages, the trade union Unison has claimed.
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11 May 16
Unison has called for changes in the law to ensure the independence of local authority pension funds to take investment decisions in the best interest of their members.
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27 Apr 16
The trade union Unison has decided to accept a two-year pay offer for council workers, becoming the second union to accept the deal from local government employers.
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5 Apr 16
The government will need to make a formal response to a petition calling for a parliamentary debate on plans to merge council pension scheme assets, after it reached 10,000 signatures.
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25 Feb 16
Unison members in local government have rejected a two-year pay offer from council employers following a consultation, the union has confirmed.
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3 Dec 15
With council pay negotiations set to begin, it’s time to reflect on deteriorating wages and conditions for workers in councils and schools.
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27 Nov 15
Nine in ten nurses have said they would not have gone into the profession without the bursaries the government plans to scrap in 2017, a Unison survey has found.
1 Mar 22Local government members of Unite are set to strike next month over an ‘unacceptable’ 1.75% pay rise, whilst other trade unions have accepted the offer.
18 Oct 19Thirty-nine per cent of British adults would like their council to prioritise spending on waste collection and recycling, a Unison and ComRes poll has said.
10 Apr 19The growing pay divide between people working directly for the NHS and outsourcing staff is impacting patient care, a union has warned.
21 Sep 18The regulator has told NHS trusts to stop setting up controversial wholly owned subsidiaries until further guidance is issued.
10 Sep 18Low pay and the high cost of renting make home ownership a “pipe dream” for most public sector workers, a trade union has said.
23 Apr 18A health service membership body and union are locked in a row over controversial NHS subsidiaries.
10 Jul 17Concern about public sector pay limits has focused on NHS and emergency service workers. But pay for more than a million school and council workers has been kept down for longer and it’s time...
16 Jun 17Three unions have called for a 5% increase in local government worker pay as figures reveal wages are being squeezed by inflation.
5 Dec 16Health reform plans being put together across England should be halted in order to allow for greater consultation on the planned changes, according to the trade union Unison.
16 Nov 16Unison has called on the government to use a £2.4bn surplus in unallocated business rates to ease the crisis in social care funding.
11 Nov 16Vulnerable older people are being denied regular showers and visits to the toilet because of cuts to social care budgets, a report by trade union Unison has said.
25 Oct 16Unison has warned the government that it would be acting unlawfully if it pressed the eight new Local Government Pension Scheme bodies to invest in infrastructure.
12 Sep 16Trades Union Congress general secretary Frances O’Grady has urged the government to ensure that high quality jobs in Britain are protected following the vote to leave the European Union.
23 Aug 16The number of UK families living in extreme debt has risen to more than one million due to stagnant wage growth, including in the public sector, research published by the Trades Union Congress and...
22 Jun 16Local government staff are under unprecedented pressure across the country due to council cutbacks and staff shortages, the trade union Unison has claimed.
11 May 16Unison has called for changes in the law to ensure the independence of local authority pension funds to take investment decisions in the best interest of their members.
5 Apr 16The government will need to make a formal response to a petition calling for a parliamentary debate on plans to merge council pension scheme assets, after it reached 10,000 signatures.
3 Dec 15With council pay negotiations set to begin, it’s time to reflect on deteriorating wages and conditions for workers in councils and schools.
27 Nov 15Nine in ten nurses have said they would not have gone into the profession without the bursaries the government plans to scrap in 2017, a Unison survey has found.
