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‘Trade unions are a force for good and a force for equality in our society’, Labour leader tells conference

David Owen of the Halton local government branch said that “a pattern” had developed whereby service group pay disputes ended after […]

A Labour government in Westminster can't come soon enough." Notes to editors: – UNISON is the UK’s largest […]

Today the government has started spending money on glossy adverts to remind people about the minimum wage. Rather than […]

That’s why it’s important the next government ensures that any promises to spend more on services also include proper investment in the staff who […]

Cheshire West and Chester is latest local authority to sign up to better care and better conditions for care workers

“The agreement would mean an end at last to the government’s self-defeating and unfair 1% pay cap. It won’t solve every problem in the NHS, but it would […]

Union calls off strike ballot, for now, after health minister halts damaging move to monthly payments for health workers

They might even be you. The national minimum wage was a proud achievement of the last Labour government, but while it set a legal floor and tackled the very worst low pay abuses, it didn’t eliminate […]

Birmingham unions and council join forces to demand funding for 10% pay rise and £10 an hour minimum

The bottom hourly rate in local government is £7.78. UNISON head of local government Heather Wakefield said: “Poverty pay should have no […]

Meanwhile, the LGA puts the cost of implementing the new wage in local government at £1bn over the same period. That’s a period in which local government funding will continue to […]

UNISON calls for review of school support staff contracts that can cut pay by 20%

It states: “Local government contains the largest pool of low-paid workers directly employed by the public sector. But low pay […]

It means that people are more likely to work for their local council, to stay living locally and spend their income locally. This is a good news story for north […]