Local services will only be resilient with “a valued and fairly rewarded workforce”
Local services will only be resilient with “a valued and fairly rewarded workforce”
Headline cost is halved by economic benefits
It’s shocking that so many people in jobs are still struggling financially and living in poverty.
Three unions representing more than 1.6 million local government employees in schools and councils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland have today (Wednesday) submitted a pay claim that attempts to narrow the growing gap between declining wages and the rising cost of living. The claim for the year from next April seeks to move the […]
The offer is for a pay deal that would cover the two years from April 2016. For the lowest paid (those on spinal points […]
Local government workers protest over slashed car allowance
This year Glasgow’s homelessness caseworkers decided to go on strike. This is their story
Hundreds of the lowest-paid workers in school kitchens across the north London borough of Camden will be paid a living wage, following a UNISON-led campaign
Claim for living wage and associated flat-rate pay rise follows special local government conference decision
Intensive talks between the joint trades unions - UNISON, GMB and UNITE - and chief executive Gareth Chapman, have been ongoing to find alternatives to this measure […]
UNISON to the fore as Lords debate working conditions in the care sector
Latest local authority to adopt charter will help people in the borough who receive homecare services as well as the 860 strong home care workforce
Members of all three local government unions have voted to accept a pay offer put forward by the Local Government Association
A new leaflet outlines what the Local Government Association’s latest pay proposal means for members
Labour MP - and former UNISON president - Dave Anderson has submitted an early day motion on the subject, which […]