Delegates at the EPSU congress in Toulouse debated the threat from two global trade treaties currently being negotiated
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UNISON is calling on Caerphilly council not to proceed with plans to outsource the Oakdale secondary school project due to concerns for the future of services, value for money, and job loss
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The government is consulting on proposals to allow councils in England to outsource almost all their children’s social work and UNISON is calling on members to get involved
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Satirical song attacks wholesale outsourcing of services by north London Tory council
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Union urges support for 150 low-paid care workers fighting to defend their NHS pay, terms and conditions
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UNISON members working for Grwp Gwalia in elderly care services in Neath Port Talbot are protesting against the employer’s proposals to cut pay, terms and conditions
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Privatisation does not produce efficiency, just a downward pressure on pay, writes Sara Gorton of UNISON in a new Left Foot Forward blog as part of Fair Pay Fortnight
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UNISON is concerned that homecare workers in the Swansea area could be receiving less than the minimum wage
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Eastern region press release: Leisure centre staff condemned to the poverty pay of the minimum wage and lose free membership benefit which allowed them to afford to use the centres and stay fit enough for their work
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They seek to divide public and private sector, employed and unemployed and disabled people from the rest of society, Merv Butler tells Labour conference
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