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• UNISON vows fightback after legal decision backs bosses over staff who strike

  01-04-2022 17:12
  
  Bad employers will feel emboldened to mistreat employees who participate in union-organised workplace disputes due to the government’s intervention in a legal case, says UNISON.
  The union says the Court of Appeal (CA) judgment gives bosses the green light to discipline staff who strike. UNISON is now applying to the Supreme Court in a bid to overturn the decision and protect the rights of working people.
  The long-running case began in 2019 and was taken by care worker Fiona Mercer against
  
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• Government must get a grip on the cost-of-living crisis and increase public sector pay

  01-04-2022 01:12
  
  Public sector pay must be increased and the government has to introduce new measures to give emergency help for hard-pressed people as calamitous new pressures worsen the cost-of-living squeeze even further today (Friday), UNISON says.
  Without a pay rise to help workers meet soaring costs, vital public services will struggle to hang on to skilled staff which could put some services at risk. Failure to help public sector workers will push countless families into poverty.
  The union is calling
  
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• Government must get a grip of the cost-of-living crisis and increase public sector pay

  01-04-2022 01:12
  
  Public sector pay must be increased and the government has to introduce new measures to give emergency help for hard-pressed people as calamitous new pressures worsen the cost-of-living squeeze even further today (Friday), UNISON says.
  Without a pay rise to help workers meet soaring costs, vital public services will struggle to hang on to skilled staff which could put some services at risk. Failure to help public sector workers will push countless families into poverty.
  The union is calling
  
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