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

New living wage rates are announced on 5 November as part of living wage week – and UNISON has plenty of material available if you plan any recruitment activity around the issue

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

And UNISON is working to ensure that public services are at the forefront of people’s minds during the […]

If the government wants to spend money on tackling low pay, there are better alternatives – like real legal enforcement of the minimum wage to penalise unscrupulous employers and introducing a living wage low-paid workers can actually live on, a legal minimum wage worthy of the name.

This year it’s more important than ever to make a noise about the real living wage – a wage people can actually afford to live on – and callgon the government to put its money where its legislation is on low pay.

Health and social care partnership commits to achieving fair work, better pay and improved quality of care on eve of Living Wage Week

UNISON reasserts the ‘ultimate goal’ for UK minimum wage policy, in its submission to the Low Pay Commission

By the signing the charter in National Carers' Week, the council has committed itself to quality care standards which provide dignity for […]

Today we’re launching a new campaign – “Making Waves for the Living Wage” calling on all UK the water industry to sign up as accredited Living Wage employers with the Living Wage Foundation.

Hoovering, mopping and virtual reality. Ann Anthony has a familiar job in a state-of-the-art setting

UNISON has released an open letter to local authority leaders and chief executives across Wales calling for fairer funding in the care sector. The letter, detailed below, us supported by third sector employers including Catrefi Cymru, Gofal, Hafal, Mirus Wales, Perthyn, and Wales and West Housing Association. Dear Welsh Local Councils,   Care providers are in a desperate […]

Devolution is finally reaching the English regions – on 4 May, voters get to elect the first batch of ‘metro mayors’

Hartlepool LG UNISON Branch made Christmas a little brighter for five of its low-paid members by successfully claiming a total of over £5,000 from their employer. Since April 2016, the UNISON members, who work for a Hartlepool care provider, were paid a ‘sleep-in’ rate under that of the National Living Wage (£7.20 per hour). Negotiating […]

As part of Living Wage Week 2017, UNISON has pledged £5,000 to support the city’s Living Wage Campaign