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So the only difference there is that in essence, you’re younger. Which for me doesn’t make sense. At the time, it didn’t and up till now it doesn’t make […]

For young people in particular, the National Minimum Wage has been a missed opportunity. Baked into the […]

While MPs got lost down the rabbit hole, UNISON and its members kept their focus on the many other problems afflicting Britain’s workers

University’s move comes just days after University of Manchester becomes 5,000th living wage employer

But it also found that out of the 20, those four still have outsourced workers who are paid at a rate less than the living wage. UNISON’s Scottish further education […]

From 1 April, the national minimum wage will rise from: £7.83 to £8.21 for workers aged 25 and above; £7.38 to £7.70 for workers aged 21-24; £6.15 for workers aged 18-20 […]

Set to take effect in April, it means that all workers in the second-largest employer in Bath and north east Somerset will be paid at least £9 an hour […]

Announcement of new rates marks the start of Living Wage Week

UNISON has a proud history of campaigning on the issue. As James Anthony, a nurse from Birmingham and chair of the NEC […]

April may have started with the Easter holidays but there was no rest for UNISON staff, activists and members. And there was only one issue on everyone’s mind – pay

UNISON welcomes ‘urgently needed first step’ but says more must be done to tackle pay inequality

He talks quickly and passionately, not least when asked about the value of public service workers. “I saw that value during the terrorist acts last year. We had UNISON members leaving the […]

As Sadiq Khan approaches the halfway point in his first term, Demetrios Matheou snatched a few minutes in the whirlwind schedule of the London Mayor

‘The agreement would mean an end at last to the government’s self-defeating and unfair 1% pay cap,’ says union

University to seek formal accreditation from Living Wage Foundation – a move which UNSION says should be copied across all UK universities