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The roundtables in mid-April will be open to all union members who privately rent, and participants’ time will be reimbursed with gift vouchers
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 reality is that they are closely linked. And, for people working in public services, the consequences are particularly tough, because their pay has […]
Conference debated a trio of motions on the issue: the first calling on the NEC to continue to prioritise […]
Almost a third (32%) of private renters did so, for housing association tenants it was a quarter (25%), council tenants a similar figure (24%), and […]
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
Our communities need public services and they need the people providing those services living close by
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.”