UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis has written to works and pensions minister Alan Johnson, urging him to extend to local government plans to increase the level of member trustees to 50% of pension fund boards. The Minister announced the initiative last week, thus delivering on a commitment given to UNISON and other unions at the Labour Party policy forum in July.
UNISON, the union representing 850,000 local government workers, has today voted to accept a three year pay deal worth 8.9% following widespread consultation with branches and regions.
Pay talks covering 1.5 million local government workers today stalled when the employers signalled a reluctance to improve on the earlier
Following the breakdown of pay talks in London today, Heather Wakefield Head of Local Government for UNISON, the UK
UNISON, the UK
Greater investment by local and national government in training and workforce development. The Commission recommended that local training and workforce development […]
UNISON, the UK’s largest trade union, today called for education and training of councillors and local government officers after a survey found 40% did not know what the Best Value Code of Practice on Workforce Matters required councils to do
Local government employers are reluctant to accept responsibility or take the lead in shaping good employment policies, and instead are arguing for a levelling down to the worst practices in the private sector, UNISON, the UK
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UNISON, the UK’s largest trade union, today described as “dangerous and dated” the local government employers’ submission to the Local Government Pay Commission, warning that it doomed low paid women to even lower pay.
UNISON, the UK
UNISON, the UK
Local government workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive a 7.7% pay rise over two years
UNISON, the UK
After a marathon set of negotiations, the three unions in local government – UNISON, GMB and T&G – and the local government employers, have agreed to a set of Acas proposals to recommend to their respective memberships
