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Local government workers are the lowest paid in the public sector. This pay rise is affordable and long overdue.

The living wage has risen to £8.75 an hour across the UK and £10.20 an hour in London

New minimum wage rates come into force across UK, including ‘national living wage’

The rise of food banks are the most visible face of the poverty crisis affecting the UK in 2017 – they’re the country’s new emergency service. We spent a few days at one to find out more

Plans to increase the country’s housing stock are welcome, but do nothing to tackle the problems for those on low incomes

This slim, gentle teenager works helping elderly and disabled people wash, eat, go to the toilet, take medication, replace […]

With just a few days until the election, UNISON looks at what the main parties have to say on two of the issues most important to our members

Yesterday (Thursday 1st June) the TUC launched its general election campaign calling on all parties to “give Britain a pay rise”.  Frances O’Grady, TUC General Secretary was joined by Clare Williams, Regional Secretary in the South of the Region to highlight the impact of the Government’s policies of Austerity. As the TUC analysis shows, workers […]

The government has launched its campaign to raise awareness of the increase in national minimum wage rates – and the so-called national living wage – which will come into force on 1 April. The new rates are: 25 and over – £7.50 an hour; 21 to 24 – £7.05 an hour; 18 to 20 – […]

University of Leicester security workers’ petition attracts nearly 1,000 signatures in days – why not add your support?

UNISON members win in the courts and through industrial action

At least 200,000 care workers in the UK are only being paid for the time they spend caring for people, and not for when they are travelling between appointments

Minimum hourly pay for workers must be increased substantially to reflect the rising cost of living, said UNISON today (Friday). The union is calling on the government to raise the current legal minimum from £7.50 an hour to the level of the real living wage (£8.45 an hour or £9.75 in London). It also wants […]

National delegate conference agrees to a raft of measures to push forward the campaign against the government’s pay cap and, with it, in-work poverty

If the government wants to spend money on tackling low pay, there are better alternatives – like real legal enforcement of the minimum wage to penalise unscrupulous employers and introducing a living wage low-paid workers can actually live on, a legal minimum wage worthy of the name.