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UNISON is seeking a £1,750 or six per cent pay rise for 1.3 million local government workers - 57 per cent earn less than £12,500 a year. The next round of pay negotiations have been […]

Over 55 per cent of local government workers earn less than the average allowance paid to councillors – £12,500 – leaving them among the poorest paid workers in the public sector

The message seems to be that the NHS values its staff, local government does not. ÒWe have agreed to consult our members on the 3% […]

The three local government unions

UNISON

UNISON, the UK

UNISON is to seek a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, to gain assurances that the work the union had been doing with Stephen Byers on protecting the local government workforce from exploitation will continue.

UNISON, the UK

Local government unions today stepped up the pressure on local authorities in the dispute over pay by revealing their intention to hold a 24-hour national strike on Wednesday, July 17.

Nearly 70% of local government workers considered leaving their jobs in the past year, saying they felt undervalued and poorly paid, an NOP survey has found

UNISON, the largest trade union in local government, will meet with the local government employers group representing 32 London Boroughs tomorrow (June 13) at 2pm to discuss the £4,000 London Weighting claim

Local government workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have voted to take strike action in support of a pay claim for £1,750 or 6%.

UNISON, the UK

The three main unions in local government Ð UNISON, the GMB and the TGWU Ð today agreed that a second national strike and further selective action would go ahead on August 14 […]

UNISON, the UK