Everyone knows why councils are on the brink of bankruptcy – a massive 41% cut in government funding over a decade, while demand for services has grown. But there is an alternative for a sustainable future for the local services we all rely on
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 […]
“Our members cannot and will not and should not foot the bill for restructuring”, adding that if the union did not act on the issue, then employers would […]
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 […]
Health pay, local government cuts, outsourcing, Brexit…. new term, same curriculum
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 […]
Debates see delegates back a range of measures on pay, academies, funding and much more
“And the cost of that shortfall is being paid by public services, with social services destroyed and the […]
Fewer loos means a public inconvenience
By slashing police funding, all the government has managed to do is make it harder to fight crime effectively […]
We will make our own judgements on whether there is genuine levelling up for all workers
Councils need proper funding to help young people
Salford UNISON, parents and mayor put the case to Nadhim Zahawi
It was a bank holiday and she was terribly upset and unable to stop crying, because she was aware that, in her words, her ‘brain was going’. “The purpose of […]
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 […]
