Search Results for “Pay and conditions” tagged local government cuts

UNISON opinion: Why councils are on the brink – and how they can be pulled back

We hear about the youth clubs that have closed and the Christmas lights that won’t be switched on. Each day there’s news that another council […]

Article, Blogs on the UNISON National site.

UNISON lobbies for pay justice for school and council workers

UNISON activists from across Wales will gather at 10.15am at the LGA’s pay briefing road show at the Builth Wells showground, to call for pay justice for school and council […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Delegates call for action on local government pay

She stressed that research for UNISON revealed just how badly NJC pay has been falling behind that in public services outside […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Northants council workers to get pay rise

The announcement to staff came at a briefing on next year‘s budget. “People clapped when the pay rise was announced,” UNISON branch secretary Kev Standishday told the local newspaper, The […]

News on the UNISON National site.

September – and we are on song!

And in September, UNISON members remained focussed on the year-round business of sticking up for public services and public service workers. The union celebrated some well-earned victories. In […]

Article, Magazine, News on the UNISON National site.

Public library service ‘hollowed out’ by job losses and cuts

The BBC compiled data from 207 authorities responsible for running libraries, through the Freedom of Information Act. Cuts to library services were deeper […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Education dominates local government conference on final afternoon

Debates see delegates back a range of measures on pay, academies, funding and much more

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Tide is turning against government’s austerity programme, says UNISON

And the cost of that shortfall is being paid by public services, with social services destroyed and the […]

News on the UNISON National site.

Spending cuts are leaving people desperate, says UNISON

They are employed in both the public and private sectors. Media contacts Anthony Barnes T: 0207 121 5255 M: 07834 […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

The government is making it harder to fight crime, says UNISON

“Instead of raising hopes for new money the government should invest in policing and start restoring the huge cuts imposed on the service since 2010. By slashing police funding, all […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Blog: Levelling up – far too little, way too late

We were promised ‘a people’s government’, and he crowed: "We are going to unite and level up" – one of the slogans that helped secure the […]

General Secretary, General Secretary's blog, News on the UNISON National site.

Government must invest in youth services after years of cuts, says UNISON

“Young people need places to go, and adults they can trust, in order to feel safe. Councils must be given proper funding to support the […]

Article, News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Nursery campaigners meet minister to call for better funding

Their meeting with the children and families minister follow a successful campaign meeting in Westminster at the end of April and […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

The truth about the cuts

“We need more classroom assistants, but the school can’t afford to pay them. “I went to this school myself. In those days it was fantastic, but now it’s changed […]

Magazine on the UNISON National site.

Newly elected NEC gets down to business

He noted that the two contenders for the leadership had promised £64bn in hand-outs to rich. But if that money was available, he asked […]

Article on the UNISON National site.