Equal pay victory ‘would be an inspiration to millions of other women fighting for better pay’.
Industrial action
Around 8,000 school staff, nursery workers, care workers, caterers and cleaners – the majority of them UNISON members – will walk out on 23 and 24 October in the largest equal pay strike since the Equal Pay Act was passed
‘I’ve never had to go on strike before, but we’re all standing together and I’m not scared’ – hospital domestic Andrea Lea
Industrial action vote follows offer of 2% – well below Agenda for Change agreement – for workers transferred to NHS subco
Wholly-owned subsidiary pays staff less than directly-employed workers after failing to implement NHS pay rise
Trust announced that it has scrapped plans to create a wholly-owned subsidiary after angry response at staff meetings
Pay increase at north-west England housing group follows rejection of 2% offer and a ballot for industrial action
Branch appeals for donations to hardship fund as workers start two weeks on the picket line for sick pay from international company worth hundreds of millions