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• Panel debate kicks off UNISON’s national disabled members’ conference

  03-11-2021 17:40
  
  UNISON’s national disabled members’ conference convened in Liverpool last weekend for the first time in two pandemic-dominated years.
  Some 300 delegates attended the fully socially distanced conference, where ventilation was increased and session times reduced to ensure minimum time spent in the hall.
  Conference heard debate on motions covering three themes:the challenges that disabled workers have faced during COVID-19;
  the group’s campaigning priorities for the coming year; a
  
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• Panel debate kicks of UNISON’s national disabled members’ conference

  03-11-2021 17:40
  
  UNISON’s national disabled members’ conference convened in Liverpool last weekend for the first time in two pandemic-dominated years.
  Some 300 delegates attended the fully socially distanced conference, where ventilation was increased and session times reduced to ensure minimum time spent in the hall.
  Conference heard debate on motions covering three themes:the challenges that disabled workers have faced during COVID-19;
  the group’s campaigning priorities for the coming year; a
  
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• Reserved (low pay) seat threshold for 2022

  03-11-2021 11:30
  
  The cut-off wage for election to reserved (low pay) seats in the union rises to £11.19 an hour.
  UNISON’s principles of proportionality and fair representation mean that some seats on elected bodies are reserved for women and low-paid members, so that the make-up fairly represents the wider union. This includes the national executive council (NEC).
  The definition of low-paid reflects the median gross weekly earnings for all jobs – full time or part time – and is revis
  
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• Blog: Government proposals to end ‘conversion therapy’ are a cop out

  03-11-2021 11:15
  
  You might have seen in the press that the LGBT+ community has again been let down by the Conservative government in Westminster. After much talk, we finally know that they don’t want to get rid of the practice of conversion therapy in England.
  This puts the UK government at odds with the devolved governments in Scotland and Wales, which have pledged to remove this horrendous practice completely. The Northern Irish assembly is the first devolved administration that has voted to ban the prac
  
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• 11 things you need to know about council and school pay

  03-11-2021 09:23
  
  Local government members working in councils and schools are balloting for strike action. But why? What has happened? And what’s next? Here is everything you need to know about council and school pay:
  1 People working in councils and schools have been offered a 1.75% pay rise. Or 2.75% if they are on the lowest pay point.
  2 Inflation is expected to average over 3% for 2021 – and RPI (rate of inflation) is currently running at 4.8%. That means that in real terms this offer is really a
  
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• Improving pay is the way to solve care staffing crisis

  03-11-2021 03:21
  
  Commenting on the government’s new advertising campaign to encourage more people to consider careers in care, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said today (Wednesday):
  “If the government ​is serious about recruitment, its first move should be to ​ensure care workers ​get a decent pay rise. Any ad campaign pushing a job without sick pay, where poor treatment and exploitation are rife, will struggle ​to succeed.
  “Every
  
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