Bargaining support
Find your payscale
Annual survey of hours and earnings
The full annual government report
LRD Payline
The Labour Research database of payscales and agreements
Pay zone
Pay Zone will help you with local pay claims. Examine the model claim and get the latest information from 'Quick Facts'. This is just part of what the Bargaining Support Group has available - for more help contact us. If you negotiate an agreement, please send us a copy to build up the Bargaining Information System database.
Quick Facts - Pay
This factsheet contains information on National Minimum Wage; Low Pay Unit 'Low Pay Threshold'; Family Budget Unit 'Low Cost but Acceptable' Poverty Threshold; UNISON's Low Pay Campaign; Equal Pay; Childcare Costs; Labour Turnover; European Comparisons - Minimum Wage and Competency based pay.
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Fair pay or cheap labour?
Fair pay or cheap labour? Why apprentices should be covered by the NMW. UNISON’s submission to the Low Pay Commission August 2008.
Fair pay or cheap labour? [PDF]
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Westway Development Trust Living Wage Toolkit
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Living Wage Motion passed by Oxford City Council
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Living Wage Tools
Below are two helpful tools if you are thinking of running a living wage campaign. Document 1 is "The Case for a Living Wage". Document 2 is the Westway Development Trust London Living Wage ToolkitWord document (83968 bytes)Word document (153600 bytes)
Fair Wages Toolkit
A step by step toolkit to help local branches to organise their own fair wages campaign. Document 1 is the main campaign pack. Document 2 provides other tools and resources.
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Bargaining with company accounts
Dealing with private companies is now a necessary fact of life for many UNISON negotiators. Understanding the financial position of the company gives the negotiator greater bargaining strength, in helping to build a stronger and more realistic case.
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Getting started
Pay zone
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Bargaining tools
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