The letter to Sarah Messenger, the employers' secretary on the National Joint Council for Local Government Services, states: "In light of the failure to make us an NJC pay offer for 2014-15 and as a result […]
However, the joint letter - signed by UNSION's head of local government Heather Wakefield on behalf of the joint union secretaries - held a warning for local government […]
UNISON, the GMB and UNITE have launched a petition to call for decent pay in local government
Council and school workers on NJC pay terms in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will strike on 10 July – and you can support them
Union describes planning minister’s comments about a ‘moral right’ to decent homes as ‘a bit ripe’ given the government’s ‘shambolic’ housing policies
Union says the government has slashed affordable home budget by 60% and caused confusion in planning
“The government has missed an opportunity to address the housing crisis, which is a crisis of affordability and […]
UNISON assistant policy officer Sylvia Jones said: “The government has pledged to deliver a million homes by 2020. However, most of the homes will be starter homes or […]
UNISON calls for “serious investigation” into how mutuals would deliver public services in the interests of the public and employees
Dave Prentis, General Secretary of UNISON, said: “The government has made the housing crisis more acute by cutting funding for social housing by more than £4 […]
Commenting on the findings, UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, said: "Urgent government action is needed to deliver more homes. Whilst 93% of councillors are saying they want to […]
Conference condemns spiralling senior management salaries in the sector at a time when workers’ terms and conditions are being cut
The government needs to fund a new public housing programme to ensure provision of affordable and social housing […]
Karen Jennings, Assistant General Secretary, said: “The Government must step away and stop any interference in the vital role that charities play in speaking out and […]
Money for the new homes scheme is deducted from local council grants and then redistributed - not on the basis of need or population - but to areas […]
