Search Results for “Pay and conditions” tagged council

Leaflet on Pay justice for school and council workers

Leaflet outlining the Pay Justice for school and local government workers

Media on the UNISON National site.

Council’s proposals to slash teaching assistants’ pay are disgraceful

Yet many teaching assistants have been rewarded for this dedication and commitment by having their wages slashed. This morning in Durham, teaching assistants are […]

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

UNISON wins equal pay settlement for Fife women

This means that UNISON members will be properly recompensed for historic discriminatory pay practices within Fife council and receive back pay going back in some cases to 2006. The […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Jobs and services at risk in Hull

UNISON branch secretary Adrian Kennett said there could be "about 300" jobs at risk in the latest move […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Trying to stop check-off for union subs ‘a silly and petty policy’

"It is not what the government should be wasting its time on when there are real national and international issues to be grappled with," she added. Ms Jones, a directly elected mayor, was […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Refuse and recycling top public priority for council spending

Parks (28%) and public toilets (26%) also made it into the top five. Women are more likely than men to want […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Politicians must get a grip on social care and council services

“Delivering a solution that protects services and provides proper care is perhaps the nation’s biggest challenge. But Brexit paralysis at […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Barnet library workers on strike

The UNISON members were on the third day of their strike over Barnet council's plans to outsource the […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

LGA survey shows social workers are struggling to cope

“But their jobs are becoming even harder as referrals soar, and budgets are squeezed. This understandably is causing huge stress and anxiety as staff worry that […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

UNISON welcomes Caerphilly motion on Trade Union Bill

The motion says the bill is an attack on democracy and is socially divisive; it will lead to more confrontational relationships between employers and […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Union gears up for a summer of campaigning

General secretary Dave Prentis reminded the meeting that public services and public-service workers  are in the limelight. He noted “all the accounts on TV about how public […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Birmingham City Council cuts care workers’ hours at the expense of local people

More than 250 care workers are taking strike action in response to the City Council’s plans to dramatically cut their working hours

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Ministers must fix council funding to avoid ​”catastrophic cuts”

Many of the ​people providing essential services throughout the pandemic ​– including social care, waste collection and environmental health workers – […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Government must help struggling councils urgently

“Councils are facing massive pressures because of the extra responsibilities of the pandemic, many of them already on the brink financially. “The short-term handouts from government […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.