An 8% increase for the chief executive but nothing for everyone else Suffolk County Council has awarded its chief executive a salary increase of £13,450, taking her salary to £170,000 a year. The decision was made to reflect her “hard work in serving the residents of Suffolk” according to a spokeperson quoted in the East Anglian Daily […]
City Chambers rally greets council’s ratification of £548m deal to compensate for years of unequal pay
Announcement of new rates marks the start of Living Wage Week
‘The dedication to the cause of UNISON members has been incredible, and it’s been matched by the incredible strength shown by those taking action’.
As part of our Pay Up Now! campaign calling for an end to the pay cap, members have been telling us their stories of living without enough money…
UNISON welcomes increase to £8.45 (outside London) and £9.75 (London) an hour at start of Living Wage Week
National delegate conference gets underway with discussion on how to tackle the poverty affecting millions across the UK
Over 100 top union activists convened at a pay summit at the UNISON Centre in London today (Thursday) to map out a cross-union strategy for dealing with the ongoing public sector pay freeze
UNISON regional secretary Glyn Hawker said: “Low-paid public sector workers are again looking at 1% pay rises that are tiny compared to headline-grabbing increases for senior staff in both the public and private sectors. The culture of rewarding those at the top while the wages of other staff are allowed to stagnate is unfair and […]
The cut-off wage for election to reserved (low pay) seats in the union rises to £11.80 an hour.
Lowest paid support staff receive at least £9 an hour in Cheshire West from the start of this month
‘The women are standing up,’ say Glasgow equal pay claimants on eve of strike
UNISON condemns growing pay gap in higher education as new report shows that senior managers’ pay grew by 3% last year
Christina McAnea says government must deliver the cash for above-inflation wage rises
Delegates applauded Charmaine Blaze at the Black members’ conference today, when she movingly described how UNISON helped her secure a managerial role at NHS Scotland after years of being under-employed, under-valued and lacking career progression. She observed that, for Black women in particular, the gender pay gap is “less of a gap and more of […]
