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• University staff to strike over pay as new term begins

  20-09-2022 16:30
  Thousands of university staff including administrators, cleaners, library, security and catering employees are to walk out in a wave of strikes that will hit universities from today (Tuesday), says UNISON.
  Universities will be disrupted across England and Scotland as employees push for a fair pay rise that takes account of soaring cost of living pressures and years of below-inflation awards, says the union.
  The workers, among the lowest paid in the higher education sector, took the difficult dec
  
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• New date for the UNISON and TUC cost of living lobby of Parliament

  20-09-2022 13:33
  UNISON and the TUC have moved their cost of living rally and lobby of Parliament to Wednesday 2 November.
  The lobby was originally planned for 19 October, but has been changed because of a rescheduling of the TUC Congress.
  The new date will give more time for members to set up meeting with MPs, to explain what the cost of living crisis means for them and their families, the need for a pay rise and the pressures on public services.
  The rally that evening, at Westminster Central Hall, wi
  
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• UNISON takes the government to court over law allowing the use of agency workers to break strike

  20-09-2022 13:07
  Legal action against the government over new regulations allowing agency workers to replace striking staff has been launched by UNISON.
  The union issued proceedings with the High Court last week (13 September), triggering the start of a process seeking a judicial review of the government’s decision. UNISON is arguing that ministers’ changes are unlawful and should be axed.
  Business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg has 21 days to respond from the date the case was lodged last Tuesday.
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• Blog: There is no future on a dead planet

  20-09-2022 12:32
  The devastating impacts of the climate emergency are felt across every part of the globe, but they fall heaviest on the disadvantaged.
  UNISON doesn’t need any persuading that climate change is real, dangerous and destructive. There is no future on a dead planet, so we need commitments and action now from government and employers. And if the transition to net zero is not just, workers and their families will suffer.
  We are determined to be part of the necessary change. Trade unions are the
  
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