Council employees – including refuse collectors, librarians, teaching assistants, care workers, cleaners and catering staff – must be properly rewarded for the vital community services they […]
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The decision does not affect the ongoing local government pay dispute in Scotland. It means an increase of £1,925 on all NJC (National Joint Council) pay […]
Christina McAnea stresses the importance of making sure the NJC ballot passes the 50% threshold
Local government conference opens in Liverpool with a refusal ‘to be made poorer by this government’
I know it’s a difficult decision to vote to take action and be prepared to lose a day’s pay, but we’ve won through strike action before, and I have every confidence we can do it again
Pam Howard, the chair of UNISON’s schools committee, urges the union’s 250,000 school support staff to have their say in the NJC strike ballot
UNISON’s local government and schools members will soon be voting on whether to accept the employers’ latest below-inflation pay rise
Many workers at United Learning chain losing out on wages
Protecting and increasing pay is vital to UNISON. We organise, we act, we win. But the work never stops. Get involved and let’s win together.
Preparations for ballot now under way
Significant pay award is vital after years of cuts and restraint
Significant pay boost vital to meet spiralling costs
Recommendation is to vote yes to strike action
Local services will only be resilient with “a valued and fairly rewarded workforce”
Three local government unions have today (Monday) submitted a pay claim for 2021/22, which they say begins to redress a decade of cuts and recognises the key role played in the pandemic by school and council staff. Workers should get a wage increase of at least 10%.