The new collection of essays looks at how the minimum wage could evolve
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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 […]
Extra cash is little comfort after universal credit cut and national insurance rise
Labour’s move to close legal loophole is welcome
Call comes after the government ‘names and shames’ companies in England and Wales for flouting minimum wage legislation
“Today’s pay rise will make a real difference to over a million low-paid workers across the country,” said […]
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
UNISON launches #OneWageAnyWage campaign is it celebrates 20 years of 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 […]
Union says stewards need to make sure employers are paying the proper amounts when the new wage rates come into force on 1 April
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 […]
Industrial action vote follows offer of 2% – well below Agenda for Change agreement – for workers transferred to NHS subco
“It should be an embarrassment to Bolton iFM and the trust that hospital staff are receiving poverty pay,” commented regional organiser Tim Ellis […]
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 […]
UNISON is looking for people who are on the national minimum wage – currently £7.50 an hour – and who also get universal credit