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• A significant pay rise is essential for local government and school staff, say unions

  29-02-2024 15:00
  
  The three local government unions, representing 1.4m council and school employees in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, have called for a significant wage rise as they submitted their annual pay claim today (Thursday).
  UNISON, GMB and Unite say a decent pay award is essential as staff continue to struggle with the cost-of-living crisis, while the value of their wages has plummeted for more than a decade.
  Unless councils and schools can pay competitive rates, employees will find better-paid, le
  
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• MPs pledge to support a national care service

  29-02-2024 14:48
  
  Images: Marcus Rose
  Over 40 MPs and prospective parliamentary candidates signed pledges in support of a national care service at a UNISON Westminster event, last night (Wednesday).
  Coming the day after UNISON hosted the Fabian Society’s National Care Service Summit, which brought together over 80 leading industry stakeholders to examine and debate the detail and practicalities of how to bring about a national care service, the parliamentary event sought to ignite the political will in West
  
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• Mitie must pay healthcare workers what they are owed or strikes will continue, say UNISON and Unite

  29-02-2024 09:30
  
  Mitie chief executive Phil Bentley must pay healthcare workers in the West Midlands the lump sum they are owed, say UNISON and Unite today (Thursday).
  The general secretaries of the UK’s two largest unions have written to Mr Bentley to say strikes* planned for today (Thursday) from 5am and next Friday (8 March) will go ahead unless hospital staff get a one-off £1,655 payment** that other NHS staff have already received.
  Cleaners, porters and catering employees are among around 370 wo
  
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