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

Conference also called for a review of the structure and organisation of the committee and NJC national bargaining. It also called on the service group executive to […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Northants council workers to get pay rise

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 […]

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

UNISON backs BBC report that reveals loss of 8,000 jobs and 343 libraries in six years

Article on the UNISON National site.

Education dominates local government conference on final afternoon

Debates see delegates back a range of measures on pay, academies, funding and much more

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Tide is turning against government’s austerity programme, says UNISON

The public willingness to accept cuts to public services is ‘exhausted’

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

They are calling on the government to reverse changes to the Dedicated Schools Grant which prevent councils from spending all but a small percentage on […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

The truth about the cuts

“I went to this school myself. In those days it was fantastic, but now it’s changed. It didn’t pass the inspection, and there just isn’t enough money for what’s needed, not […]

Magazine on the UNISON National site.

Newly elected NEC gets down to business

Local government funding and Brexit dominate debates at first business meeting

Article on the UNISON National site.