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Government has no grasp of real people’s lives

Essential workers need to hear about pay as inflation outstrips funding

Economy won’t thrive without investment in services and staff

Public sector workers need pay commitment

Christina McAnea says extra cash needed for inflation-busting wage rises

Frontline services, already struggling with a crushing number of vacancies, are losing employees at alarming rates.

Chancellor’s plan is austerity plain and simple

Headline cost is halved by economic benefits

Over 100,000 people have now signed UNISON’s petition on the parliamentary website calling for an end to the public sector pay cap, making a debate in Westminster look increasingly likely, says the union. The petition urges the government to lift the one per cent cap, and give everyone who works in the UK’s schools, hospitals, […]

Commenting on the Chancellor’s comments today (Sunday) on public sector pay, UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea said: “The Chancellor’s remarks show he is completely out of touch. After seven years of a punishing pay cap, all public sector employees need a pay rise. “The care worker hurrying from house to house doesn’t feel overpaid, […]

5 July 2017 For immediate use UNISON, the public services union, today stepped up their fight for fair pay and an end to the public sector pay gap. In a joint letter to all MPs representing constituencies in the east of England UNISON regional secretary Chris Jenkinson and regional convenor Becky Tye warned of growing […]

It may now be August and summer is well under way, but for our major pay campaign – Pay Up Now – it’s still full steam ahead. We’re fighting for all public sector workers to get the pay rise you need and deserve, so there won’t be any let up in the campaign until the […]

Boost to public sector wages and benefits are a must

Rocketing inflation leaves staff struggling and harms recruitment

Dave Prentis writes to the Prime Minister calling for pay boost