Low pay in local government has become structural. Pay at the bottom end is often near the government’s National Living Wage […]
Rather than responding to the crisis facing local government by increasing funding, the Chancellor chose to freeze funding in cash terms, while inflation […]
Conference therefore calls on the Local Government Service Group Executive to work with the National LGBT+ Committee and other parts of the union as […]
Scottish local government branches are already engaged in discussions with employers about cuts to jobs, cuts to terms and […]
Some local government employers are simply anti-union and so have cut facility time, while others have reduced facility […]
To help deliver and underpin this work, our Cymru Wales Local Government Committee will be surveying our entire local government membership in Wales in one of the largest […]
UNISON research shows since 2009 local government staff are thousands of pounds out of pocket. Qualified residential care workers employed by local […]
This all provides the perfect storm for a crisis in local government. Something has to give and, unfortunately, it is often our members paying with their health. We […]
Conference believes that local government and local democracy should be at the heart of our political, social and economic life and […]
For women working in local government, however, the continued outsourcing and cuts to those services provided primarily by women workers […]
We must remember that local government staff and service users are not the cause, greed within the banking industry is, but the Public […]
This conference condemns the announcement by the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, that public sector pay rises will be capped at 2% over the next three years and his call for more local and regional flexibility in pay bargaining. Conference notes that: 1)Inflation is currently running at 2.6% 2)Recruitment and retention problems in local government are running […]
These disproportionate cuts will have a devastating impact on the lives of local government workers and communities relying on the vital services they provide. Council workers are expected […]
-Increased contributions to Local Government Pension funds -Capping of council tax increases by Central Government Government funding […]
Local government is living through an unprecedented period of challenge and uncertainty. Conference acknowledges in this environment the need to share experiences and develop strategic direction has never been greater. Conference instructs the Service Group Executive (SGE) to investigate, with Regions and Branches, the pros and cons of changing the timing and format of Local […]
