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• Blog: The spring statement is a slap in the face for workers

  23-03-2022 18:21
  
  The chancellor pretends that he has to make difficult financial choices. He told the British public that while he felt for British households facing a cost of living crisis, he does not have the power or the money to help them. But this is fake news.
  The truth of the matter is that the only difficult financial choices being made are those being made by ordinary working people – workers unable to afford their commute, families worrying about how to buy their weekly food shop, pensioners una
  
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• University workers across the UK prepare for further strikes over pay and pensions

  23-03-2022 16:30
  
  UNISON members will take further strike days at eight universities over pay and pensions issues from this week. This is the second round of strikes at each of the universities, following a series of dates in February and earlier this month.
  Action is to take place during the next three weeks at Birkbeck, SOAS, City, King’s College London (all University of London), Brighton University, Gloucestershire University, Edinburgh Napier University and Leeds University.
  Staff at each of the instit
  
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• HE workers prepare for further strikes over pay and pensions

  23-03-2022 16:30
  
  UNISON members will take further strike days at eight universities over pay and pensions issues from this week. This is the second round of strikes at each of the universities, following a series of dates in February and earlier this month.
  Action is to take place during the next three weeks at Birkbeck, SOAS, City, King’s College London (all University of London), Brighton University, Gloucestershire University, Edinburgh Napier University and Leeds University.
  Staff at each of the instit
  
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• Chancellor’s tinkering won’t tackle the real problems facing hard-pressed households

  23-03-2022 15:45
  
  Commenting on the chancellor’s spring statement today (Wednesday) UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “The government has merely tinkered around the edges of the living standards crisis. Tweaking tax thresholds will boost the coffers of the wealthy, not provide help to those in most need.
  “Promises to reduce taxes in future won’t cut the mustard with families living a financial hell now. Financial pain at the pumps won’t end with a fe
  
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• Low pay and pensions issues prompt further strikes at universities, says UNISON

  23-03-2022 09:40
  
  Staff will take further strike days at eight universities over pay and pensions issues from this week, UNISON says.
  Action is to take place during the next three weeks at Birkbeck, SOAS, City, King’s College London (all University of London), Brighton University, Gloucestershire University, Edinburgh Napier University and Leeds University.
  Staff at each of the institutions have voted to strike over a pay offer of 1.5%. In addition, at two of the universities workers are also taking industr
  
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• Government must act to relieve the relentless pressure on household incomes, says UNISON 

  23-03-2022 09:22
  
  Commenting on the latest inflation figures published today (Wednesday), UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “The pressure on household incomes is relentless. Surging prices are ravaging family finances to such an extent that hard-up low earners can barely afford the basics.
  “With wages in the doldrums as prices sprint ahead, the government must act to halt falling living standards. Far from causing the inflation spiral, real wage rises are the route out of
  
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