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

Head of local government Heather Wakefield called the pay cap “a poisonous Tory cocktail, eating away at your living standards”, but noted that there […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Northants council workers to get pay rise

Promised 4% increase in April 2020 will be first pay rise in three years for staff at crisis council

News on the UNISON National site.

September – and we are on song!

Health pay, local government cuts, outsourcing, Brexit…. new term, same curriculum

Article, Magazine, News on the UNISON National site.

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

Another 174 libraries have been transferred to community groups, while 50 have been handed to external organisations to run. In some areas, such and Lincolnshire and Surrey, the move […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Education dominates local government conference on final afternoon

But Pam Howard for the executive also stated that there had to be a two-strand approach, where the union also organised within academies when and where they exist. She added […]

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 “why have we had austerity for such a […]

Article on the UNISON National site.