Conference notes that our members employed by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and its contractors are constantly under the threat of being deregulated out of employment. They continue to face bullying, harassment and attacks in the workplace, as well as erosion to their pay and benefits. Conference also notes that the […]
Head of local government Heather Wakefield called the pay cap “a poisonous Tory cocktail, eating away at your living standards”, but noted that there […]
National convenor Graham Cross introduced a motion on pay, terms and conditions at the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland, where members and […]
The Education and Adoption Act gives more powers to the Secretary of State for Education to force schools to become academies, particularly those that are defined as ‘coasting […]
With minimum pay awards, many councils have added a local pay supplement to ensure that some of the lowest paid […]
UNISON president says people should ‘reflect on some of the language used’ in EU debate
Employers and trade unions have also committed to negotiate a new single pay structure and new single set of […]
Recent research published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission 'Is Britain Fairer' shows significant hourly pay gaps between white men and […]
Yet very few employers have carried out Stress Risk Assessments for groups of workers who are affected. The cuts to public services have led to an agenda of constant organisational […]
Debates see delegates back a range of measures on pay, academies, funding and much more
Conference notes the development of the devolution agenda and further notes that: 1)Local government is a devolved matter in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland; 2)The Scotland Bill devolves more powers to the Scottish Parliament from April 2017, the Wales Act 2014 devolves some tax and borrowing powers to the Wales Government National Assembly for Wales […]
Authorities will need to consider the impact of this in terms of cost and its affect on pay and grading structures. The consequences on pay equity and equal pay will […]
Conference welcomes the work carried out on TTIP by Global Justice Now for UNISON, which includes research on its impact and a model motion for […]
By 2019/20 local councils will lose £75 out of every £100 that the government spent in 2015/16, and thousands more services will have been lost. UNISON members who are chief officers and senior […]
Support staff have been cut and so the workers and managers are often trying to undertake tasks that they may not have the skills […]
