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• Pay ballots continue to dominate

  06-10-2021 17:57
  
  General secretary Christina McAnea updated the NEC on a series of pay disputes across the union, and did not disguise how member turnout was still proving to be a major obstacle to future action.
  Recently, 79% of local government members voted to reject their 1.75% pay offer, with the NJC committee agreeing to move to an industrial action ballot. NHS members in England also voted by a similar margin (80%) to oppose the government over the 3% pay increase, with their SGE deciding to embark on fur
  
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• “Out of touch speech” shows PM has no idea of the issues affecting ordinary families, says UNISON

  06-10-2021 16:11
  
  Commenting on Boris Johnson’s speech today (Wednesday) to the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “This out-of-touch speech shows the Prime Minister has no grasp of the very real financial fears keeping people awake at night.
  “Living costs are spiralling, in part due to labour shortages in key parts of the economy. None of these problems will fix themselves overn
  
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