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Category: zero-hours contracts

The dread and pain of zero-hours contracts

Conference hears government claims of record employment disguise continuing attacks on secure, properly paid jobs in the name of private profit The article The dread and pain of zero-hours contracts...
Posted on 17/06/2019Author Unison news releasesCategories 2019 Local Government Conference, Article, casualisation, local government, News, news releases, zero-hours contractsTags Unison

Zero-hours contracts give the upper hand to unscrupulous employers, says UNISON

Responding to Office of National Statistics figures published today (Wednesday) that show that the number of workers on zero-hours contracts has increased to 905,000, UNISON general secretary Dave...
Posted on 15/03/2017Author Unison news releasesCategories dave prentis, local government, minimum wage, News, news releases, Press Release, zero hours, zero-hours contractsTags Unison

‘UNISON means? Confidence, learning and not getting a pay cut’

Careworker Mitsy tells her story The article ‘UNISON means? Confidence, learning and not getting a pay cut’ first appeared on the UNISON site.
Posted on 18/01/2016Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, careworker, community and voluntary, heart unions, living wage, news releases, save care now, success, UNISON voices, zero hours, zero-hours contractsTags Unison

A history man’s challenge for the future

Writer and veteran campaigner Harry Leslie Smith looks to the past and shares his hopes – and fears – for the future The article A history man’s challenge for the future first appeared on the...
Posted on 09/12/2015Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, fighting cuts and privatisation in the NHS, foodbanks, Harry Leslie Smith, history, housing, Magazine, news releases, politics, poverty, zero-hours contractsTags Unison
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