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UNISON helps found Disability Employment Charter

26-10-2021 17:30

UNISON was one of six founding member organisations that launched a new Disability Employment Charter this month, calling on the government to do much more to improve the working lives of disabled people.
The charter was produced as a response to the government’s long awaited national disability strategy, which was published in July.
UNISON national officer for disability equality Deirdre Costigan said: “The government’s disability strategy promised lots, but in the end, it was

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Blog: The government tries to look like it’s giving, but it’s taking away

26-10-2021 15:52

Christina McAnea presenting UNISON’s petition to the Treasury, demanding Chancellor Rishi Sunak rebuild public services. © Jess Hurd
For days we’ve been bombarded with big numbers from the Treasury. The chancellor claims that billions of pounds will be injected into the NHS, transport, science and crime prevention.
This is designed to dazzle and impress, leaving little time to catch the details – like how many years the money is for and how different it is from the usual b

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UNISON disabled members rep hails new epilepsy toolkit

26-10-2021 14:49

At the start of October, Epilepsy Action launched a new employer toolkit to support employees with epilepsy.
On the launch, Deirdre Costigan, national officer for disability equality, said: “This is an excellent toolkit, and fits right in with UNISON’s belief in using a social model of disability which involves making changes to the work environment, rather than changes to the employee.
“UNISON has many members with epilepsy and it’s often the case that their employers do

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Any public pay award below cost of living is a wage cut

26-10-2021 13:00

Commenting on the chancellor’s announcement that the public sector pay freeze is to end, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said today (Tuesday): “This is no cause for celebration. A pay freeze should never have been imposed in the first place.“Unless extra money finds its way to individual government departments, the freeze will continue. Any pay rise less than the rate of inflation is, effectively, a pay cut.
“Ministers must also find the cash

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