The living wage has risen to £8.75 an hour across the UK and £10.20 an hour in London
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Midwives, healthcare assistants and hospital porters who belong to UNISON are joining their nursing colleagues demonstrating in Parliament Square today (Wednesday) over the government’s refusal to lift the pay cap. Commenting on the Royal College of Nursing’s protest UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “Faced with an exodus of staff across the NHS, ministers’ justification for […]
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As part of our Pay Up Now! campaign calling for an end to the pay cap, members have been telling us their stories of living without enough money…
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Minimum hourly pay for workers must be increased substantially to reflect the rising cost of living, said UNISON today (Friday). The union is calling on the government to raise the current legal minimum from £7.50 an hour to the level of the real living wage (£8.45 an hour or £9.75 in London). It also wants […]
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National delegate conference agrees to a raft of measures to push forward the campaign against the government’s pay cap and, with it, in-work poverty
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With just a few days until the election, UNISON looks at what the main parties have to say on two of the issues most important to our members
New minimum wage rates come into force across UK, including ‘national living wage’
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If the government wants to spend money on tackling low pay, there are better alternatives – like real legal enforcement of the minimum wage to penalise unscrupulous employers and introducing a living wage low-paid workers can actually live on, a legal minimum wage worthy of the name.
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The rise of food banks are the most visible face of the poverty crisis affecting the UK in 2017 – they’re the country’s new emergency service. We spent a few days at one to find out more
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UNISON welcomes increase to £8.45 (outside London) and £9.75 (London) an hour at start of Living Wage Week
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