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They regularly receive racist abuse for carrying out their work. They are paid £12.70 an hour, and have called for an increase to £15.90 an hour. Signs on the picket line (pictured below) read […]

Noisy, colourful and good humoured pickets call for fair pay

For workers in the Environment Agency (EA), their pay has been devalued by 20% over that time. Mix that with the cost of living crisis, a pay freeze from […]

Now workers in administration, admissions, funding, catering, cleaning, advice and security, together with classroom assistants, technicians and other support workers, will stage the […]

They were joined by general secretary Christina McAnea, as they handed out leaflets to passers by and explained why they were on strike. "Our AQA members do really […]

More than 1,000 UNISON members were on strike today, their eighth week of action and their fourth strike, after Derby city council imposed a 25% pay cut. That is a move which Mr […]

Nobody takes industrial action without a great deal of thought. Nobody loses pay and takes on their employers without good cause. That’s certainly the case for our higher […]

More than 150 porters, cleaners, switchboard and catering staff employed by Mitie at Cumberland Infirmary are set to stage 24-hour strikes on Friday […]

The paper reported that more than 1,000 people had responded and, three quarters "agreed with the industrial action". The long-running dispute is over council […]

UNISON releases figures as workers take a third day of action in fight against company cutting pay

Birmingham City Council says it needs to save around £2 million and plans to do this by slashing the hours of care staff working for its enablement service. UNISON […]

They’re now facing a hideous and impossible choice – either accept new contracts which include unpaid breaks of 30 minutes per […]

The NHS says that CSWs on a low pay band* like those at WUTH should only be undertaking personal care like supporting patients with […]

And to the strikers - wrap up warm, stock up the brazier and get home safe when you're done […]

This follows a ballot over Durham County Council plans to move teaching assistants to term-time pay. This could see school support staff lose up to 23% of their wages. The vote on whether to move […]