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• Care workers put their lives on the line for £8.72 an hour during COVID

  21-03-2022 15:56
  
  Community conference attendees in Glasgow at the weekend heard how social care workers put their lives on the line for the minimum wage of just £8.72 an hour during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Delegates told conference that is it ‘shameful’ that, throughout the pandemic, social care workers were exposed to deadly risks without appropriate PPE.
  Before the pandemic, the social care sector was already in crisis.
  In 2018, UNISON’s Care in Need report found that nearl
  
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• Blog: It’s time for the chancellor to make good on his promise on pay

  21-03-2022 15:15
  
  The chancellor’s spring statement will be presented to Parliament this week. It’s an opportunity to deal with the cost-of-living crisis and prevent the worst real-terms squeeze in half a century.
  I wrote to Chancellor Rishi Sunak last week urging him to take that opportunity and make good on his promise to end the public sector pay freeze.
  Inflation, now at a 30-year high, is hitting UNISON members hard. Many have been contacting me to say how they’re struggling to f
  
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