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The best way for councils to run efficient services is for them to be adequately resourced and staffed.

Local services will only be resilient with “a valued and fairly rewarded workforce”

UNISON is calling on the Treasury to fund a fair pay rise for staff as a matter of urgency. The union’s analysis found the true net cost of […]

It’s shocking that so many people in jobs are still struggling financially and living in poverty.

Three unions representing more than 1.6 million local government employees in schools and councils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland have today (Wednesday) submitted a pay claim that attempts to narrow the growing gap between declining wages and the rising cost of living. The claim for the year from next April seeks to move the […]

For the lowest paid (those on spinal points 6-17) this would mean a pay rise of between 6.6% and 1.01% the first year, and between 3.4% and 1.3%the second. Those on spinal points 18-49 would […]

Local government workers protest over slashed car allowance

Branch banners are held high, a man with a megaphone leads chants and traffic is stopped. The square fills up with purple and green and shouts for fair pay. I see Mary in the crowd […]

Camden UNISON led the campaign - which was backed by some "continued and tenacious coverage" from the local […]

Claim for living wage and associated flat-rate pay rise follows special local government conference decision

UNISON has responded angrily to Merthyr council’s decision to bypass the trade unions and contact staff directly regarding cuts to terms and conditions

UNISON to the fore as Lords debate working conditions in the care sector

It commits councils to ensure that providers give workers enough time, training and a living wage, so they can provide better quality care for thousands of […]

Members of all three local government unions have voted to accept a pay offer put forward by the Local Government Association

A new leaflet outlines what the Local Government Association’s latest pay proposal means for members