Each authority in Wales will experience a budget cut of between 2.4% and 4.5%. In response to the local government budget announcement from Welsh government, UNISON Cumry/Wales secretary Margaret Thomas, said: "I […]
UNISON’s local government and school support workers have voted yes to strike action in a dispute over pay. The low paid, mainly women, workers have faced a 3 year pay freeze and have now been offered a 1% pay rise
Local government in Wales is facing challenging funding cuts – UNISON is calling on the people of Wales to stand up for their local services in the face of austerity
Scottish local government unions launch Fair Pay Day in support of workers preparing to vote on strike action
The increase would result in the bottom rate of pay in local government rising to a Living Wage. The union, that represents more than 600,000 local government […]
Northern Ireland members vote for action over pay
A UNISON survey of 1,700 local government and school support workers has painted a picture of a demoralised workforce that feels locked out of the so-called economic recovery
The call comes as the first stage of the 2014/15 local government Fair Dealpay campaign, which is being launched today. Local government wages have […]
Half a million local government workers earn less than the current Living Wage and a million earn less than […]
UNISON Cymru/Wales calls for a blueprint for local government across Wales as a matter of urgency in order to guard against double whammy effect of austerity and reorganisation
UNISON decided to ballot local government and school members for strike action after 70% of members rejected this year's pay […]
Local government delegates agree it’s essential to get rid of the Conservative government in order to save our services
The public willingness to accept cuts to public services is ‘exhausted’
Thousands march in London, with other local demonstrations taking place around the country to highlight the crisis in the health service
"However, we fear that the continued pressure on local government budgets is going to lead to local services being irreversibly damaged for generations to come. "We […]
