Search Results for “Pay and conditions” tagged Save Our Local Services

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 […]

Frontline workers face mounting pressure as they struggle with ever-expanding workloads. The social worker, trying hard to keep a family together, relies on vital support […]

Teaching assistants, social workers, librarians, carers, professionals and youth workers all say the same thing – stress is through the roof and they’re struggling with […]

County council’s plans could see vital school staff lose £1,000 to £5,000 a year

In a similar vein, UNISON has also produced new guidance for branches and regions to help them understand the process that must be gone through when services are put out to […]

The council lost 1,981 jobs between 2010 and 2015, reducing its workforce by 32%. And deputy council leader Daren Hale says that its funding […]

Are you ready for this week’s Save Our local Services campaign day, celebrating and defending our library service?

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 […]

Our Save Our Services campaign day of action on 19 October this year focuses on libraries – a hub and a haven in our communities offering a place for people to work, relax, discover and think

A report from the Commons communities and local government committee reveals that budgets to maintain parks are being cut by up to 97% […]

The local UNISON branch will present the petition to Neath and Port Talbot council leader Alun H Thomas, and Aled Evans, director of education, on Monday 11 […]

Date

6 December 2018

For this year’s Save Our Services Campaign UNISON branches across the UK will focus on roles that help protect our communities like trading standards, environmental health, social services and many other local heroes working to keep us safe. Outcome

And UNISON believes it is critical that it plays a part in those negotiations. The trade unions […]

While local authorities have protected spending on statutory service areas such as adult and children’s social care, the amount they spend on other areas like parks and libraries has fallen […]