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After a decade of campaigning, UNISON has secured up to £2,000 for workers over historic pay inequality

Commenting on the pay offer for 2023/24 made to council and school staff by employers, UNISON head of local government Mike Short said today (Wednesday): “Without investment in the workforce, there’ll be no public services. “Council and school staff are caring for the most vulnerable, educating future generations, and keeping the local environment safe and clean. “These […]

UNISON local government members: welcome to your training overview. Here you’ll find personalised summaries of online courses and training by job role and information about our tutor-led workshops with the opportunity to register your interest in those courses that most appeal to you. Courses for local government workers: bursars and finance managers Courses for local […]

Following the Conservative group’s failure to get approval for the 2023-24 budget at a full council meeting on Monday night, Leader of Derby City Council Chris Poulter said: “We can make available a sum of money for priorities to be negotiated and discussed with group leaders in relation to being able to formulate an acceptable […]

Over 300 staff in a variety of services like trading standards, environmental health and other regulatory services, will now be transferred back in-house

Derby City Council are proposing to cut the equivalent of 162 full-time jobs, axe vital front line services and hike council tax by almost 5% in a last ditch attempt to balance this year’s books. The Conservative-run administration plan to effectively axe community-managed libraries, cut support to vulnerable children and the elderly, scale down highways […]

To celebrate the first UNISON Champions day, the film and TV star interviewed this year’s Local Service Champions winner and rehabilitation worker, Paddy Toner

Councils across the East Midlands face a collective funding gap of over £181m in the next financial year forcing them to cut essential services, says a report published by UNISON. Waste collections, leisure centres, nurseries and other vital services will all be hit according to the findings based on information* from local authorities in England, […]

Councils across the east of England face a collective funding gap of nearly £240m in the next financial year forcing them to cut essential services, says a report published today by UNISON. Waste collections, leisure centres, nurseries and other vital services will all be hit according to the findings based on information* from local authorities […]

Members across NJC unions vote to accept pay offer – the highest in a decade

Council staff will strike on 18 and 19 October after being offered a pay increase of just 1.3% in 2022

UNISON lawyers, organisers and activists give advice on how to fight the aggressive employment practice that’s on the rise

Hard-up Colchester Council staff should get the same pay rise as everyone else in local government, trade union UNISON says today. The call comes after UNISON members in schools and councils on nationally agreed NJC conditions voted to accept a flat-rate £1,925 backdated to April. But Colchester negotiates pay locally meaning refuse workers, those running […]

Each year, UNISON’s Local Service Champions Awards celebrate the extraordinary work of our local government members. Meet this year’s champion and runner-up

Date

10 October 2022 11:00am–2:00pm

The UNISON anti-privatisation training is for UNISON local government activists to understand the problem of privatisation and learn about successful campaigns elsewhere.