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• NDC celebrates – and resolves to do more for – Black workers

  16-06-2023 19:42
  
  National delegates today underlined the union’s ongoing fight for the rights of its Black members, by passing three motions in the closing sessions of conference.
  The first focussed on the ethnicity pay gap (EPG), which the union believes is a major cause of in-work poverty experienced by Black workers, and the cause of severe intergenerational inequality in Black communities.
  The EPG is as high as 23.8% in London, with regional variations across the UK.
  Although the government committed t
  
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• Conference celebrates – and resolves to do more – for Black workers

  16-06-2023 19:42
  
  National delegates today underlined the union’s ongoing fight for the rights of its Black members, by passing three motions in the closing sessions of conference.
  The first focussed on the ethnicity pay gap (EPG), which the union believes is a major cause of in-work poverty experienced by Black workers, and the cause of severe intergenerational inequality in Black communities.
  The EPG is as high as 23.8% in London, with regional variations across the UK.
  Although the government committed t
  
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• Avoid outsourcing services unless there’s a clear public benefit, says UNISON

  16-06-2023 16:11
  
  A future Labour government should do all it can to bring outsourced contracts in health, education, police and councils back in-house, says a new report from UNISON today (Friday).Any decisions by public bodies to privatise essential services should have to pass a key public interest test, according to the research. This means the running of important local services should only be offered up to private contractors if there is deemed genuinely to be a public benefit.The test that c
  
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• High housing costs driving up poverty among public service workers, says UNISON  

  16-06-2023 15:58
  
  High rents and mortgage payments are a cause of major financial stress for nearly a third of public service workers including cleaners, care staff and teaching assistants, says UNISON today (Friday).
  A report commissioned by the union, based on a survey of more than 2,600 public service workers in the UK, shows housing costs have increased for more than three in five (63%).
  The document Through the Roof highlights how a rapid rise in rent and mortgage payments is taking a&nb
  
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• ‘We will defend our right to strike – and our right to vote’

  16-06-2023 14:36
  
  National conference delegates this week voiced their determination to defend their rights as trade unionists and voters – against a wave of government suppression.
  A debate on defending the right to strike focussed on the government’s Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, which the Lords sent back to the House of Commons last week, for the second time, with significant amendments that water down some of its anti-trade union aspects.
  Speaking of the use of work notices, which would a
  
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• UNISON presents Dr Neville Lawrence with honorary membership

  16-06-2023 12:43
  
  Today UNISON presented Dr Neville Lawrence, father of Stephen Lawrence (pictured), with honorary union membership for life. 
  Presenting the membership at UNISON’s 2023 national delegate conference in Liverpool, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea described how the union has had ‘a long history’ of working with Stephen Lawrence’s parents, Dr Neville Lawrence and Baroness Doreen Lawrence, who have both received honorary union memberships.
  Mr Lawrence recounted to
  
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• Rosena Allin-Khan shares Labour’s vision for mental health

  16-06-2023 12:26
  
  The final day of UNISON’s 2023 national delegate conference opened with a speech from shadow minister for mental health, Rosena Allin-Khan MP (pictured).
  Both a politician and a doctor, she opened her speech saying: “I am an NHS worker like so many of you in here today.”
  “I want to thank you for all that you do. All the hours that you put in, even though you’ve been going through your own, personal, daily struggles. You are an incredible, powerful force for good.
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• Police forces in England and Wales could face a combined budget shortfall of more than £700m by 2026, warns UNISON 

  16-06-2023 01:01
  
  An analysis of police financial forecasts has revealed forces in England and Wales could face a combined budget shortfall of almost £721m by 2026, potentially putting public safety at risk, says UNISON today (Friday).
  The data, based on medium-term financial plans submitted by individual police forces to their local police and crime panels, reveals drastic cuts to the spending planned.
  The worst affected is the Metropolitan Police (£282m), followed by West Midlands (£
  
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• Police forces in England and Wales could face a £700m budget shortfall, warns UNISON 

  16-06-2023 01:01
  
  An analysis of police financial forecasts has revealed forces in England and Wales could face a combined budget shortfall of almost £721m by 2026, potentially putting public safety at risk, says UNISON today (Friday).
  The data, based on medium-term financial plans submitted by individual police forces to their local police and crime panels, reveals drastic cuts to the spending planned.
  The worst affected is the Metropolitan Police (£282m), followed by West Midlands (£
  
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