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Cheshire West and Chester is latest local authority to sign up to better care and better conditions for care workers

UNISON campaign wins living wage to low-paid members

UNISON plays lead role in a ‘crucial step’ towards a fair wage for energy workers

Hundreds of the lowest-paid workers in school kitchens across the north London borough of Camden will be paid a living wage, following a UNISON-led campaign

  Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Wales, Jo Stevens MP, has given her support to cleaners at the University of South Wales campaigning to be paid the ‘real’ Living Wage of £8.45 per hour. Employed by KGB Cleaning Services, staff currently receive £7.20 per hour, which they say forces them to live in poverty […]

Cleaners working at the University of South Wales today launch a campaign to tell their employer they deserve to be paid the ‘real’ Living Wage Foundation rate of £8.45 per hour. The cleaning staff are organised by UNISON and work at four sites on University of South Wales campuses in Newport, Treforest, Merthyr Tydfil and […]

UNISON in the East of England Ambulance Service is leading a campaign to support 22 staff who are currently earning below the living wage. Earlier this year, with the support of Chief Executive Anthony Marsh, staff in the Trust paid below the living wage had their pay uplifted under a local agreement.  The union say […]

UNISON branch officers, lawyers and members recall a four-year battle to win pay justice

New minimum pay rates come into force for many key workers, including care staff New national minimum wage rates come into force today, bringing a pay rise for care and other workers across the country whose vital, but low-paid, work has been highlighted in the current crisis. “Today’s pay rise will make a real difference […]

Porters, domestics, security and help desk workers at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust are missing out on a pay increase that was due in April. Mitie, who employs the staff, claims to be a Real Living Wage employer, and yet has failed to deliver on the promise of an annual pay increase in line with the […]

New minimum pay rates come into force for many key workers, including care staff

Birmingham unions and council join forces to demand funding for 10% pay rise and £10 an hour minimum

University to seek formal accreditation from Living Wage Foundation – a move which UNSION says should be copied across all UK universities

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’