Search Results for “Pay and conditions” tagged privatisation

The work is currently outsourced to private companies Sodexo and Axis. This means more than 800 staff working on the contracts have worse terms and conditions […]

The attack on public services gives us a chance to build links with community allies to counteract the divisions that keep people from acting together

Throughout the 80s and 90s when successive governments have sought to hive off our public services to the rich and […]

“You determined women and men aren’t unreasonable. You’re not asking for the earth. You just want to carry on working for […]

The effect will be that more of our experienced staff leave an overstretched service and that putting the service outside the NHS will have a longer-term impact on patient care […]

UNISON forced catering company Dolce to pay workers thousands of unpaid wages after cutting their hours

UNISON members have a ‘mountain to climb’ on local government pay, the NHS and the welfare state, but are equal to the task, says general secretary

But, said Ms Howard, the members got organised and have now taken five days of legal strike action with more to come, including a rally on 29 June […]

A ballot of 150 UNISON members saw 90% voting for action and, as a result, members have already taken several periods of sustained strike action, as well as […]

The announcement by the university follows and expands on an agreement reached with UNISON last year after talks at Acas, where the employer had […]

Research from the Smith Institute shows that low-paid workers bear the brunt of contracting-out as their pay and conditions get worse

If the second employment tribunal upholds this decision, the care workers will be in line for a payment equal to as much as 90 days of their wages. Bronwyn McKenna, UNISON assistant general […]

National delegate conference backs a raft of measures to combat the continued privatisation and outsourcing of services

But they are now paying a heavy price, and will go on paying a heavy price throughout this parliament. “So far the […]

The union has welcomed the news, which was announced after the council's policy and scrutiny committee met earlier this week. to utilise in-house design services as a part of the […]