NHS needs investment instead of unpaid overtime
Responding to new Labour Party analysis published today (Friday) suggesting NHS staff work one million hours of unpaid overtime each week, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “The NHS is...
Category: public services
Public service workers ready to learn to ease redundancy fears
A third of public service workers are worried they’ll lose their jobs due to technological innovation or government cuts, according to a UNISON survey published today (Thursday). But one in ten feel...
More workers deserve to be paid the real living wage, says UNISON
Next government must help low-paid staff
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Sustained investment needed to fix years of Conservative cuts, says UNISON
Chancellor's pledges nowhere near enough to tackle nine years of austerity
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Refuse and recycling top public priority for council spending, says UNISON
Awareness is mixed around what public service workers do for communities
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Queen’s Speech – public services will need ‘substantial investment’ to recover
Now isn’t the time for game playing or cheap political stunts
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Chancellor’s spending pledges are a decade too late, says UNISON
Promises for services are just electioneering
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The UK needs a Labour government, says UNISON
Jeremy Corbyn has set out "inspiring vision" for future
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Government has at last acknowledged public services are at breaking point
But voters should be wary of cynical pledges and gimmicks.
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‘Your days are numbered,’ Dave Prentis tells Tories in Durham speech
‘There is an alternative‘ says general secretary as he lambasts austerity and calls for properly funded public services
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