The £2.1bn shortfall facing local government each year is down to Tory party politics says UNISON. The tax cut for millionaires has cost the […]
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With this pay claim, our position is clear; it is high time for fair pay and that means a substantial increase. “This three-year pay freeze has been unique to the […]
Local government pay is already the lowest in the public sector and over two thirds of staff fall below the […]
UNISON welcomes speedy response from employers, and indication of progress on ending the pay freeze
Members will have their say on 1% offer including a living wage
A recent survey of 14,800 UNISON members in local government showed that more than 80% feel that workload, pressure and stress has increased since 2010. More […]
If they are serious, they should put their own house in order and make sure that one million local government and school support workers are lifted out of poverty and given the £1.20 an hour increase we […]
UNISON Head of Local Government, Heather Wakefield, said: "Local government and school supporters are locked out of the […]
Half a million local government workers earn less than the current Living Wage and a million earn less than […]
We have launched an online survey as part of the local government Pay Matters campaign in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (pay negotiations are separate in Scotland).
Union describes planning minister’s comments about a ‘moral right’ to decent homes as ‘a bit ripe’ given the government’s ‘shambolic’ housing policies
“It is time the Government stepped in to stop builders “stock-piling” empty land but they also need to look at […]
Capital spending on flood defences fell by 27% in the first year of the coalition government, with central government funding of the Environment Agency falling by 10% between 2011-12 to […]
“It is time that this Government recognised the growing problems within the NHS as a result of cuts and ensured that the money is […]
The Government is playing Russian roulette with millions of homes by slashing a further 1500 Environment Agency jobs