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• Unions react to pay offer for council and school staff  

  25-07-2022 16:00
  
  The three unions representing council and school staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have today (Monday) reacted to the £1,925 flat rate pay offer from the local government employers:
  UNISON head of education and local government Mike Short said: “Council and school workers are enduring a major cost of living crisis, with inflation running at over 11%. This offer is better than employees might have expected, given the low pay rises of recent yea
  
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• Environment Agency pay offer is ‘simply not enough’, says UNISON

  25-07-2022 15:48
  
  UNISON’s Environment Agency (EA) sector committee has recommended that members reject the latest pay offer from the agency, saying the offer is “simply not enough” to address the cost of living crisis.
  Pay negotiations for 2022/23 with the EA concluded last week when a full and final offer was made that equated to an average increase of 2% plus £345 consolidated increase and some modest increases to allowances.
  However, the offer falls far short of the claim the EA unions
  
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• Newly qualified paramedics enjoy UNISON-won pay boost

  25-07-2022 12:43
  
  Many newly qualified paramedics in the East of England are beginning to see an increase in their pay this month after fighting together for better banding.
  UNISON supported staff to put a collective grievance in against the trust over the newly qualified paramedic (NQP) role. When the role was introduced in 2016, it was agreed that NQPs would be on band five for a two-year “consolidation of learning” period to display the knowledge, in order to go up to band six.
  NQPs complained that
  
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• Strike dates set after exam board fails on pay

  25-07-2022 12:28
  
  Staff at exam board AQA are to stage a 72-hour walkout later this week ​that could affect the delivery of thousands of GCSE and A-level results.
  The employees, including those involved in organising the awarding of grades, will walk out for three days from Friday 29 to Sunday 31 July in a dispute over pay.
  Many of the 180 staff affected say they’re struggling to make ends meet following successive below-inflation pay awards.
  Last year, they received an increase of 0.6%̴
  
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• Louder and prouder: UNISON launches trans equality campaign

  25-07-2022 12:20
  
  At the 2022 local government and national delegate conferences, UNISON unanimously passed motions on trans equality, recognising the importance of the union being loud and visible in support of its trans members.
  On Friday 15 July, UNISON launched its trans equality campaign, which features updated guidance on trans workers’ rights.
  The campaign has four objectives:
  • to roll out trans ally training across all UNISON regions;
  • to build trans and non-binary member activism to org
  
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• Government must take responsibility for the NHS and social care workforce crisis, says UNISON  

  25-07-2022 01:01
  
  Responding to the Health and Social Care Committee’s workforce report published today (Monday), UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “The staffing crisis in the NHS and social care grows worse by the day as employees leave for fairer wages on the high street and elsewhere.
  “The government’s had years to improve the workforce situation but has done little. Only last week ministers could have acted to stop the exodus of porters, healthcare assistants an
  
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