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• Harlow refuse workers vote for strike action

  28-06-2022 12:59
  
  Refuse workers from UNISON’s Eastern region have voted 97% in favour of strikes in the hope of securing a better pay offer.
  They received nothing last year, with employer Veolia offering 7% for 2021 and 2022. Inflation currently stands at 9.1%, wiping out the value of that rise.
  The company had been refusing to even talk about pay at the Mead Park depot, but has now agreed to meet.
  UNISON is urging Veolia to come to the negotiating table with a new offer and avoid disruption to the public,
  
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• Latest pay offer for college staff is ‘simply not enough’

  28-06-2022 12:33
  
  UNISON’s national further education committee is to recommend that members reject the latest pay offer from the employers’ organisation, which they feel is “simply not enough” to address the cost of living crisis and the problems caused by over a decade of stagnant pay growth.
  Members will be consulted in September, when colleges reopen.
  The pay negotiations for 2022/23 with the Association of Colleges (AoC) concluded last week. There had been some movement from the offer
  
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