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Record fines levied on three water companies don’t go far enough and more investment is needed to stop sewage spills and tackle corporate greed, says UNISON today (Tuesday). Responding to the announcement that industry regulator Ofwat is proposing to punish three privatised water firms with a record combined fine of £168m for their failure to […]
Commenting on the announcement that the new government is to repeal the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023, which threatened to worsen industrial relations across essential services, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said today (Tuesday): “This was a terrible law. It’s great the government is ditching it so early on. Good riddance to a bad […]
UNISON 2015 Black members’ conference resolved to establish a Nelson Mandela award that embodies his attributes and becomes an annual feature of the conference. Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first Black president saw in democracy after decades of apartheid rule which for Black people meant living with years of racial segregation and systemic oppression. His vision […]
The local government employers should come forward with an improved pay offer.
Commenting on the government funding that will now allow thousands of health workers to receive the one-off payment given to NHS staff last year, UNISON head of health Helga Pile said: