Public sector pay rises could be funded through wealth tax, UNISON report says
Public sector pay rises in line with inflation could be funded through tax increases for higher earners and…
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Public sector staff skipping meals as cost-of living crisis deepens, survey finds
UNISON has warned that low-paid workers in the public sector have “nothing left to cut from their budgets”…
Scottish bin strikes “entirely a mess of the SNP’s making”, Anas Sarwar says
Anas Sarwar has argued that bin strikes currently underway across 14 local authorities in Scotland are “entirely a…
UNISON vote to back PR hailed as “huge boost” by electoral reform campaigners
Delegates at the UNISON conference voting to back proportional representation has been welcomed by electoral reform campaigners, who…
British trade unions would do well to back proportional representation
Rules matter. The UK’s long commitment to a highly disproportional ‘first-past-the-post’ electoral system impacts on the politics we…
Union leaders criticise “lectures” from Bank of England boss over pay restraint
Trade union leaders have criticised Andrew Bailey after the Bank of England governor said in a BBC interview…
NHS staffing crisis “entirely predictable”, says cross-party group of MPs
A cross-party parliamentary report released today has warned that the government’s coronavirus recovery plans risk being thrown off…
New Unionism: Radicalism is sweeping through the trade union movement
There is a change in the air, a new wave of radicalism sweeping through the trade union movement;…
Unions demand urgent action to prevent disruption in schools as Omicron spreads
Education trade unions have called on the government to take urgent action to prevent disruption to schools in…
Left wins narrow majority in UNISON Labour Link committee election
Candidates on the left slate ‘Time for Real Change’ have won a narrow majority on the Labour Link…
