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

UNISON has consistently campaigned for the independent living wage rates, announced by the Living Wage Foundation and Greater London mayor and calculated on the […]

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

‘Trade unions are a force for good and a force for equality in our society’, Labour leader tells conference

Of course, the new wage level is anything but a “living wage”. It pays more than a pound less than the real living wage […]

UNISON welcomes announcement by Southampton Solent University that it has committed itself to providing a ‘top-up’ payment to staff employed by the university’s main contractors

UNISON campaign wins living wage for low-paid members

Date

4 November 2016 9:30am–3:00pm

Location

The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1TF

As Sadiq Khan approaches the halfway point in his first term, Demetrios Matheou snatched a few minutes in the whirlwind schedule of the London Mayor

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 – […]

Livewell Group has accredited as a Living Wage Employer. The Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at Livewell Group receive a minimum hourly wage of £9.00 in the UK. In the South West over a fifth of all jobs (23.4%) pay less than the real Living Wage – around 529,000 jobs. Despite this, Livewell […]

Pledges will shape decent society and fuel the economy

North Northants council announce they’ll pay staff the real living wage in the run up to Living Wage Week 2021

As James Anthony, a nurse from Birmingham and chair of the NEC policy committee. notes: “UNISON was the first union to campaign for a living […]

As Sadiq Khan approaches the halfway point in his first term, Demetrios Matheou snatched a few minutes in the whirlwind schedule of the London Mayor