“You can build a four or five hundred property estate, but you’ve got no new school, no new doctors. You’ve got private developers who are supposed to provide what’s called […]
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I’m doing my best but feel so undervalued, it’s like I’m being punished for working in a school.” Ms McKelvey said she’s doing her best to make ends meet, but the problem can only be solved […]
Housing workers in Bridgend are set to lose thousands of pounds from their pensions under plans by their employer, says their union UNISON today (Thursday). Staff at the Valleys to Coast Housing Association have been told the organisation is looking to leave the local government pensions scheme (LGPS), which would have given employees a […]
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The rapid rise of rent is putting low-paid UNISON members at risk of destitution
Conference debated a trio of motions on the issue: the first calling on the NEC to continue to prioritise […]
Workers in the NHS, social care and local authority schools are among those worst affected, according to the findings. The impact for public service staff of […]
A day of action on 11 February will call on the Westminster government to fund a rent freeze and end evictions during the cost of living crisis
The work will find out more about the housing issues members are facing
A new housing report commissioned by UNISON paints a shocking picture of the UK’s housing crisis, while offering a positive vision for the future of affordable housing
COVID has naturally pushed lots of issues away from the headlines and the political agenda, including housing. That doesn’t mean any of these problems have gone away […]
UNISON assistant policy officer Sylvia Jones said: “Right to Buy capital receipts should only be used for the replacement […]
UNISON has commissioned research into the housing issues facing workers across public services in the UK
Union stresses the need for any definition of key workers to include all those in public services, not just those in uniform
“It’s been hard. So hard. We’ve been counting each slice of bread we eat.”