Search Results for “Local government” tagged community and austerity

UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said:  "Once again, the Government is hitting the wrong mark on zero hour contracts. Zero hour contract jobs are unjustified and […]

EPSU general secretary Jan Willem Goudriaan’s message to UNISON’s local government conference was that we could change Europe for the betterment of the majority of its people

The demonstration - plus one in Scotland and possibly one in Northern Ireland - will come just days after local government and school […]

Ann Glover, UNISON Eastern's head of local government, said: "We are really pleased to be bringing this charter to Norfolk and we hope that the […]

Union commissioned report challenges the fallacy of a race to the bottom, which drives down wages for all by playing the public and private sectors off against each other

With less than a year to go to the general election, UNISON is launching its manifesto for public services

Research from the Smith Institute shows that low-paid workers bear the brunt of contracting-out as their pay and conditions get worse

Delegates called for work across the union, including liaising with UNISON’s local government and health structures, to campaign for  proper funding for social care, whether directly provided […]

Branch officers had feedback from our members on how devastating this would be for our local communities. What campaigning activities did you do? The campaign involved several strands […]

LGBT people said they felt gradually disconnected from public services and less engaged with their local community. Others felt marginalised, but described a feeling of guilt for asking for their needs to […]

 “The Government needs to deal with these problems head-on as a cold snap could see emergency services reaching […]

"It is wrong for the government to use the voluntary and community sector to implement its punitive benefits regime […]