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• Unions call for inflation-busting pay rise for local government and school staff

  06-06-2022 15:02
  
  The three local government unions, representing 1.4 million council and school employees, today (Monday) have submitted a pay claim for staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to receive a pay boost of at least £2,000 each.
  UNISON, GMB and Unite say only a significant rise will help protect services and enable staff to weather the growing cost of living pressures following a decade of local authority cuts and pay restraint.
  The 2022 claim, which would apply from the start of R
  
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• Busy times for UNISON must produce a positive message

  06-06-2022 12:32
  
  For Paul Holmes, UNISON president, this month offers real opportunities for the union to take centre stage in the fight against a Conservative government that is presiding over so much misery.
  First, the union’s national delegate conference (NDC) takes place in Brighton next week, followed immediately, on 18 June, by the TUC national demonstration in London, which will see marchers from across the British union movement come together to call for a new deal for workers.
  Of NDC, he describes
  
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