Following the breakdown of pay talks in London today, Heather Wakefield Head of Local Government for UNISON, the UK
Following the breakdown of pay talks in London today, Heather Wakefield Head of Local Government for UNISON, the UK
Pay talks covering 1.5 million local government workers today stalled when the employers signalled a reluctance to improve on the earlier
UNISON, the union representing 850,000 local government workers, has today voted to accept a three year pay deal worth 8.9% following widespread consultation with branches and regions.
UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis has written to works and pensions minister Alan Johnson, urging him to extend to local government plans to increase the level of member trustees to 50% of pension fund boards. The Minister announced the initiative last week, thus delivering on a commitment given to UNISON and other unions at the Labour Party policy forum in July.
Dave Prentis, UNISON General Secretary, has today asked the Government to show public sector workers the same good faith that they are asking of private sector employers for pension schemes.
UNISON, the UK
UNISON today welcomed the Government
UNISON local government survey, published today, shows an overworked and under resourced workforce.
The trade unions representing members of the Local Government Pension Scheme reject the Employers proposed changes to pensions.
UNISON demands that members of the Local Government Pension Scheme be treated the same as other public sector workers.
UNISON is examining the legal implications of the detrimental changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme announced by the Deputy Prime Minister
A survey released today by the New Policy Institute says the Government would be worse off by £2 billion every year if the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) did not exist Ð that is twice as much as the scheme pays out.
UNISON, the UK’s largest union, today announced that it has submitted an application for judicial review into proposed changes to the Local Government Pensions Scheme (LGPS), with the support of eight other unions -AMICUS, GMB, T&G, UCATT, the Association of Educational Psychologists, Aspect, CYWU and NAPO.
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UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis this afternoon condemned the Local Government Association for deliberately trying to mislead the public over supposed costs to the Local Government Pension Scheme.