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Council staff who kept local services and schools running deserve a real pay rise

27-07-2021 19:03

Staff working for councils and in schools are worth more than the 1.75% pay offer put forward by employers after working through the worst of times, say unions representing local authority workers today (Tuesday).
UNISON, GMB and Unite are urging local government employers to rethink their revised pay offer of a 1.75% pay rise (with 2.75% for those on the bottom pay point) for 2021/22 by awarding an increase that will properly and fairly reward council and

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UNISON launches consultation over NHS rise that meets neither expectations nor real living wage

27-07-2021 15:18

The government has failed to honour its own ‘levelling up’ promises with the disappointing 3% pay rise for NHS workers in England, says UNISON.
The award announced last week doesn’t meet the real living wage of £9.50 per hour for the lowest paid health service workers and widens the gap between those at the top and bottom of the scale, the union says.
The 3% increase means the lowest earners will get a rise which is just one sixth of those at the top of the NHS pay s

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UNISON welcomes new law to prevent sexual harassment at work

27-07-2021 11:43

UNISON has welcomed the government’s recent announcement to introduce a mandatory duty on employers to protect staff from sexual harassment by introducing explicit protections from third-party harassment – for example, from clients and contractors.
This is something that UNISON has been calling for as part of the #ThisIsNotWorking alliance – a TUC-led coalition of unions, women’s rights bodies and business organisations.
UNISON national women’s officer Josie Irwin h

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Water regulation needs to be properly resourced, says UNISON

27-07-2021 11:30

UNISON is calling on the government to introduce regulation that will help it deliver on its promise to “build back greener” following the coronavirus pandemic.
Responding to last week’s government announcement on water policy reforms to deliver an ambitious environmental agenda, the union said that Westminster must ensure suitably funded, resourced and independent regulation is in place to deliver on those challenges.
The government announcement followed a recent judgement and

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