The joint trade unions (UNISON, Unite and GMB) have received a pay offer from the NJC Employers’ Side. The offer letter can be downloaded here, and the key points are: Clearly, the offer does not meet our demands and members…
*Please note the submission deadline has now passed and we are no longer taking applications for this position* UNISON is the UK’s leading public services trade union, with over 1.3 million members working in the public sector, NHS, private, voluntary…
UNISON HQ emailed all NJC members today to update them on the Council and School pay award for 2023. Unfortunately, the update does not state any timescales for when members can expect to receive the back-dated award in their salary…
UNISON’s NJC Committee, the union’s national committee for local government pay across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, met on Friday to consider the Employers’ 1.5% pay offer. The Committee strongly agreed to reject the offer. In the context of our…
This year has been hard for us all but particularly for public sector workers. At UNISON North West, we appreciate everything you do as a public sector worker. Unfortunately the same can’t be said for Grinchy Sunak who has gifted…
On Wednesday 30 September there will be a final vote on the regulations that will impose a £95,000 cap on all exit payments in the public sector. This cap will hit hardest in local government, because the capital costs for…
Many of us will have watched on Sunday night the much built up televised statement by the Prime Minister who was supposed to outline the way forward for the nation in this Covid crisis. What we got took the government…
We have agreed a further joint statement from the TUC education unions. Together we are calling on the government to hold off on increasing the number of pupils in schools and nurseries in England on 1 June. We all agree…
Prime Minister’s plan to increase pupil numbers in schools before they are safe – urgent advice for members You will no doubt have heard the Prime Minister’s announcement on Sunday that the government intends to increase the number of children…
In this circular members can see the national employers latest pay offer for Local Government and the response from national UNISON and the other trade unions rejecting it, calling for a joint approach to National Government, seeking better funding for…