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UNISON publishes report on the future of the minimum wage

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

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Delegates back calls for improved pay and sick pay

Doreen Davies (pictured above) for the community and voluntary service group stressed that: “We all need to be together in this”, adding that it is […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Minimum wage rise – low-income families need boost now

Extra cash is little comfort after universal credit cut and national insurance rise

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Exploitation of care workers must end, says UNISON

Labour’s move to close legal loophole is welcome

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

UNISON urges councils to ensure care staff are properly paid

Call comes after the government ‘names and shames’ companies in England and Wales for flouting minimum wage legislation

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

New minimum wages rates take effect from today

“Today’s pay rise will make a real difference to over a million low-paid workers across the country,” said […]

News on the UNISON National site.

Ken Loach’s powerful new film on the plight of precarious workers

The acclaimed director and his writer Paul Laverty speak about ‘Sorry We Missed You’, about a care worker and a delivery driver at the end of their tether

Behind the headlines, Magazine, UNISON people on the Magazine site.

One wage for all ages

UNISON launches #OneWageAnyWage campaign is it celebrates 20 years of the national minimum wage

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Blog: Fighting for a real Living Wage for all, 20 years on from the national minimum wage

Yet in 1999 it was achieved. Twenty years on from the rise of Thatcherism, a Labour government introduced legislation that guaranteed a legal minimum wage which guarded against the very worst […]

General Secretary's blog, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON urges vigilance as new minimum wages rates are due

Union says stewards need to make sure employers are paying the proper amounts when the new wage rates come into force on 1 April

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON puts pressure on Treasury to increase universal credit work allowance

The government must reverse its cuts to universal credit so that workers are allowed to keep more of the money they earn every month, says UNISON today (Thursday). Millions of workers on the minimum wage will only see a fraction of any increase, says the union, unless their monthly work allowance goes up too. This […]

Press release on the UNISON National site.

Bolton members vote to strike over pay equality

Industrial action vote follows offer of 2% – well below Agenda for Change agreement – for workers transferred to NHS subco

Article on the UNISON National site.

Bolton hospital workers to ballot on action for pay parity

“It should be an embarrassment to Bolton iFM and the trust that hospital staff are receiving poverty pay,” commented regional organiser Tim Ellis […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON seeks leave to appeal on sleep-in case

That decided in favour of an appeal from mental health charity and care provider, Mencap, against an employment appeal tribunal decision in April 2017. UNISON took […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Are you receiving universal credit? Have your say

UNISON is looking for people who are on the national minimum wage – currently £7.50 an hour – and who also get universal credit

Article on the UNISON National site.