Search Results for “Pay and conditions” tagged community and austerity

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 or […]

Over 400 workers are employed by Outward to provide care and support to people with severe learning disabilities and autism spectrum conditions. Most of them […]

Raising the benchmark, the role of public services in tackling the squeeze on pay, by the New Economics Foundation challenges government attempts to create a race to the bottom by […]

Low pay and attacks on terms and conditions following on from underfunding mean ‘a broken system held together by compassion and dedication of exploited workforce’

Austerity measures imposed on housing, health and police services are pushing LGBT people to the margins of society, according to a report by NatCen Social Research, for UNISON.

"This research is a wake-up call that shows once and for all that outsourcing is not the way to improve public services or save public money," commented […]

The changes to terms and conditions include a significant cut in pay, a change to the roles being undertaken, and an […]

Zero hour contract jobs are unjustified and unsuitable and the problems they cause families have been under estimated. Exclusive […]

UNISON national officer Matthew Egan presented the findings of UNISON's research and the positive work that has been done with other councils who have signed up for the charter […]

The manifesto - Securing the future of our public services - and related factsheets can be found on the resources section of our Million Voices campaign web pages […]

Vital support for those suffering from mental healthproblems, homelessness or drug and alcohol abuse are being cut in the community leading people to seek help from A&E as a last […]

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

Dave Prentis issues rallying call to make October demo the the biggest this country has ever seen

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

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