UNISON signs recognition agreement with The Trussell Trust

UNISON and has signed a recognition agreement with the anti-poverty charity The Trussell Trust.

The union has 46 members at the charity, mainly office and home-based staff across the UK.

Throughout the cost of living scandal, the UK’s use of food banks has escalated dramatically. The trust handed out almost three million emergency food parcels in the year between April 2022 and March 2023, more than ever before. Almost one million of those went to children.

It also estimates that one in five working people are now using food banks.

So the recognition agreement has been made between a union and employer that share a common purpose of ending the need for food banks in the UK, while supporting food banks to help people in crisis for as long as they are needed.

UNISON national officer Andrew Dobbie said today: “We have worked closely over several months with the employer to conclude this agreement.

“And we look forward to a productive relationship, including seeking out opportunities to collaborate on policy issues as The Trussell Trust campaigns for effective measures to tackle food poverty, as well as carrying out its vital food bank work.”

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Leaving workers in poverty is no way to run vital services

Commenting on new research published by the TUC today (Tuesday) showing widespread poverty for public sector workers’ families, UNISON assistant general secretary Jon Richards said: “This is no way to run vital public services.

“Those providing care, looking after our health, keeping us safe and providing education shouldn’t need to worry about simply making ends meet for their families.

“Holding down public sector pay for years to come could make the cost-of-living crisis deepen.

“But it will also drive people into better paid sectors, leaving struggling public services on the brink.”

Notes to editors:
– UNISON is the UK’s largest union with more than 1.3 million members providing public services in education, local government, the NHS, police service and energy. They are employed in the public, voluntary and private sectors.

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