On the second day of a 48-hour strike by 500,000 local government workers, UNISON, the UK
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More than 500,000 local government workers took strike action today (16 July), against a 2.45% below inflation pay offer. Thousands of schools closed,
and town halls, refuse collections and libraries were severely disrupted. The workers, members of UNISON, the UK
More than 500,000 UNISON members working in local government the length and breadth of England, Wales and Northern Ireland have brought schools and council services to a standstill on the first day of a 48 hour strike over
pay.
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English and Welsh councils are sitting on billions of pounds of unallocated reserves that could be used to avert a damaging strike by 600,000 UNISON local government members this week.
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Three giant bill-boards, demanding fair pay for Local Government workers, were delivered to the Local Government Association today (10 July). The boards signed by MPs and Glastonbury festival-goers – including Tony Benn and Billy Bragg
Public services are being exposed to the economic bad weather and to destructive market forces, because of our increasing dependence on a private
The £340m spent by local councils across the East Midlands on agency staff
and private consultants is just the Òtip of the icebergÓ says UNISON, the
UKÕs largest public sector union today (9 July). The shocking figures,
revealed by a freedom of information request, highlight the amount of money
spent locally by individual councils in the region since April 2005.
Gordon Brown paid tribute to the work of the whole NHS team when he launched the UNISON Nye Bevan NHS 60th Anniversary awards. The union announced the five new awards at its political conference in Gateshead, aimed at promoting a safe, clean hospital environment and tackling healthcare acquired infections.
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Sue Highton, a 55 year old nurse from Sheffield, has been elected President of UNISON
UNISON members working in local government today (2 July) lobbied delegates at the Local Government Association (LGA) conference in Bournemouth. In the latest stage of the dispute over pay, conference delegates were given peanuts and bananas to show how little the 2.45%
pay offer means.