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A survey of social care workers conducted by UNISON revealed that: 77% of staff said that they would take more hours if they […]

“If there’s one lesson we need to learn from the pandemic, is that we reply on workers who are undervalued and under paid.” Richard from the private contractors’ forum asked […]

Then do the same for NHS workers whose pay award has already been overtaken by soaring prices." Notes to editors […]

Labour’s move to close legal loophole is welcome

“We know that better rates of pay for care workers mean that fewer people leave their jobs, which allows them to build up better and longer lasting […]

New minimum pay rates come into force for many key workers, including care staff

You don't see each other, but you’re exhausted when you do.” The care workers I met were absolutely remarkable women It’s no accident that, like I, Daniel Blake, the new film […]

So the only difference there is that in essence, you’re younger. Which for me doesn’t make sense. At the time, it didn’t and up till now it doesn’t make […]

For young people in particular, the National Minimum Wage has been a missed opportunity. Baked into the […]

From 1 April, the national minimum wage will rise from: £7.83 to £8.21 for workers aged 25 and above; £7.38 to £7.70 for workers aged 21-24; £6.15 for workers aged 18-20 […]

Millions of workers on the minimum wage will only see a fraction of any increase, says the union, unless their monthly […]

Staff have voted for strike action because they are not being paid the nationally-agreed wage increase for NHS staff that is worth nearly £2,000 this year for the lowest-paid […]

The 650 support workers are employed by a company called Integrated Facilities Management Bolton Ltd (iFM), which is a […]

‘We believe the Court of Appeal got this decision completely wrong and will do everything we can to reverse it’

To show how much of the money that ministers claim is helping workers on low pay is actually ending up back in the hands of the government, UNISON is looking for people […]