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The new collection of essays looks at how the minimum wage could evolve

"The need for a proper plan to increase the number of key workers in health and care is something the current government seems unable to grasp. Labour gets it, and […]

UNISON members have secured the Living Wage for care workers in six out of ten Manchester councils

This structural sexism is clear to see in the social care workforce, where 73 per cent of workers are paid below the Living Wage. In the context of cuts to Universal Credit, soaring household […]

North Northants council announce they’ll pay staff the real living wage in the run up to Living Wage Week 2021

“Today’s increase also means thousands of the lowest paid health workers employed by the NHS – cleaners, domestics, porters, security staff and drivers – no longer […]

As UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis puts it: “This is a major victory for these dedicated workers who dared take on their employers. Their long struggle is nothing short of heroic. “It’s […]

“Today’s pay rise will make a real difference to over a million low-paid workers across the country,” said general secretary Dave Prentis. “Many care staff are on the […]

Next government must help low-paid staff

We can’t stand by as local government workers are having to rely on food banks to keep going” Birmingham branch secretary Caroline Johnson […]

Hospital cleaners, caterers, porters, receptionists and security workers are among almost 300 employees affected. Most of the outsourced staff involved are only paid the […]

Noisy, colourful and good humoured pickets call for fair pay

But it is not just the lowest paid workers who will receive a pay rise under the deal negotiated by UNSION. School support staff across […]

Workers who are directly employed by the university have been paid the living wage for the past four years […]

UNISON represents 600,000 of them – social workers, librarians, housing officers, refuse collectors, cleaners, homecare workers, youth workers […]