Mark Drakeford has backed demands from UNISON Young Members that will make a real difference to young people’s quality of life
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Staff have rejected a revised offer to improve wages by 1.5 per cent
Council staff warn public services in the local authority are at breaking point
Thousands of low-paid women in Glasgow are striking for equal pay today and tomorrow. In 2018. In one of the UK’s largest councils. Around 8,000 women – including school administration workers, learning support workers in schools, nursery workers, home carers, cleaners, caterers and other council workers – are taking action over the city council’s failure […]
Receptionists, caterers, lifeguards, librarians and others working for Aneurin Leisure Trust organised by UNISON voted by more than 88 per cent in favour of taking industrial action.
Welsh public service staff face a daily struggle with impossible workloads and are risking their mental health. That’s the message from UNISON Cymru Wales which says employers are not doing enough to support their staff. The trade union has begun a two-week survey of staff at hospitals, councils, colleges and more, to encourage workers to […]
UNISON Cymru Wales’ Labour Link Committee met with all three candidates for the Leadership of Welsh Labour today and voted to offer a supportive nomination to Mark Drakeford AM. Dan Beard, who is Chair of the Committee said, “We were very impressed with all three candidates who each presented their vision of what they hope […]
Stories of in-work poverty come as Further Education (FE) college staff across Wales vote whether to accept an offer to increase wages by one per cent
Stories of in-work poverty come as Further Education college staff across Wales vote whether to accept an offer to increase wages by one per cent
Aneurin Bevan Leisure Trust staff in libraries, entertainment venues, parks and leisure centres across Blaenau Gwent are being balloted for strike action
PUBLIC SERVICES IN NEATH PORT TALBOT COUNCIL AT BREAKING POINT Neath Port Talbot politicians will gather at the Council’s Offices Civic Centre Port Talbot for a ‘Question Time’-style event with employees of the local authority. UNISON’s Neath Port Talbot Local Government branch has organised the session to highlight the damage being wrought by severe UK […]
Commenting on NHS Wales pay, UNISON Cymru Wales head of health Donna Hutton said, “UNISON Cymru Wales members voted in huge numbers to accept the pay offer (voting closed in UNISON on 6 September, 2018). Not only did we have a high turnout but we also had a majority of over 92% in favour to […]
Owning a home has become virtually impossible for many public sector workers in Wales, according to research published today (Sunday) by UNISON. Getting a deposit together and obtaining a mortgage are often insurmountable hurdles for those living in the majority of local authority areas across England, Scotland and Wales, according to the findings. The UNISON […]
56 per cent increase in reported cases of modern slavery in Wales in the last year
Electoral college should be revised, removing the section for elected politicians