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• Ministers must stop public sector worker wages falling so far behind, says UNISON

  15-03-2022 13:34
  
  Responding to new Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures for average wages published today (Tuesday), UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “Seeing wages rises well below inflation will be chilling for millions of people already struggling with soaring prices and bills.
  “It’s even more troubling for public service workers who’ve had little or nothing extra in their wage packets.
  “Council and school staff had to make do with an increase less than half
  
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• UNISON launches new manifesto for social work

  15-03-2022 02:00
  
  Today, 15 March, is World Social Work Day. As the biggest union for social workers in the UK, representing over 40,000 members working in the sector, UNISON is recognising the day by launching a Social Work Manifesto.
  The manifesto sets out UNISON’s view on how it sees UK social work in the 21st century. It explains both the state of the profession now and explores how the union sees it evolving in the years ahead.
  The issues considered include:improving social worker working conditions;
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