UNISON calls for universities to be living wage employers

UNISON and NUS calls for all higher education staff to get a living wage as a minimum

NPower should come clean over job loss threat

NPower workers are up in arms about rumours that the company is about to axe 2000 jobs.

‘Disgrace’ as MPs claim £200k to pay for second homes’ energy bills

Dave Prentis, general secretary of Unison, said: “It’s disgraceful that well-paid MPs should claim expenses for heating costs at the same time that thousands of families are struggling to pay to turn the oven on.

Does your MP claim energy bills on expences?

Unison chief Mr Prentis said: “If 310 MPs did the right thing by choosing not to claim expenses for fuel bills, why did the other 340 think they were entitled to free fuel?”

New Living Wage – UNISON reaction

We need good employers to speak up for the advantages of paying a Living Wage

Living Wage could create 58,000 jobs, says leading economist

UNISON study concludes living wage brings a positive boost to the economy

Who could argue with paying people a living wage?

Allowing workers to provide a decent life for them and their families sounds simple – so what’s the problem?

UNISON applauds new tax-raising powers for Wales

UNISON Cymru/Wales welcomes the announcement that the Welsh government will be offered additional borrowing and tax raising powers

Geldof tells higher education workers “a fair day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay”

Bob Geldof has lent his support to UNISON’s Higher Education members

UNISON NI and trust get members fighting fit

UNISON’s Omagh and Fermanagh branch joins forces with Western Health Trust to help members get fit

Strike over ‘phantom pay rise’ leaves universities and colleges resembling ghost towns

Many universities and colleges across the country resemble ghost towns with UNISON members in Higher Education staging a one day walkout in a protest over a phantom pay rise.

A whistle stop tour of the picket lines

Dave Prentis set off on a whistle stop tour of pickets lines in central London on the morning of the higher education pay strike

International messages of support sent to higher ed workers

Unions from Canada, Germany, Greece and Korea support higher ed workers striking today

Solidarity across the UK as strikers come out in force

Strike day begins at midnight with Glasgow walkout and continues to build through morning

‘A decent pay award should be the right of every worker’

UNISON presidential team sends message of support to higher education workers striking today over 1% pay offer