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Council workers employed by Pembrokeshire County Council have expressed shock at the £95,000 bumper pay-off for the authority’s out-going chief executive

Further education trade unions met today to discuss their next stage in their campaign to secure better pay for the further education workforce. Ballot results published yesterday show that union members working in further education are prepared to take industrial action in the dispute over pay. However, the college employer’s organisation, Colegau Cymru, has indicated […]

Further education workers in Wales have voted to accept a 1% pay offer made by the employers following the threat of industrial action

Tim Roberts explains why UNISON will keep talking about – and acting on – poor pay in our public services

UNISON has shown the true value of union membership through the campaigning and representation of our members. Last year we celebrated 25 years of UNISON and we announced that not only are we the biggest public sector trade union – but the biggest overall union in the UK.

Over a million hospital porters, 999 call handlers, healthcare assistants, nurses, midwives and other NHS staff across England are being offered long overdue pay rises of between 6.5 and 29% over the next three years, say health unions today (Wednesday). Under the proposed agreement – reached after months of negotiation between the unions, NHS employers and the government – hospital […]

After a decade of campaigning, UNISON has secured up to £2,000 for workers over historic pay inequality

UNISON South East is launching legal claims to ensure members get the backpay they’re owed

40% of school staff are actively looking for other jobs because of persistent low pay

Negotiations with the Agency over 2021 have been conducted by the 4 recognised trade unions, UNISON, Prospect, GMB and Unite and we are now balloting you on whether you want to accept the offer that has been made. The Agency offer this year is delivering the pay freeze that the UK Government has announced for […]

UNISON condemns the vile online racism towards the England football team

Staff need pay rise to maintain morale, says UNISON

You call 999, you’re put through to someone, the police arrive… But of course, it’s never as simple as that. UNISON members at Leicestershire Police take us behind the scenes

Opening the debate on public sector pay today (Monday) at the Labour Party conference in Brighton, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “For millions of public service workers struggling to survive, there is no more pressing issue than lifting the pay cap. “They’ve suffered years of brutal austerity and vicious attacks on public services, overseen […]

Care workers employed by Corserv in Cornwall have today (Friday) been told that they will not receive a cost of living pay rise in April. The news comes just hours after residents of Cornwall took to the streets for what has become a weekly clap for key workers during the coronavirus pandemic. In a joint […]