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All public servants have seen the value of their pay fall year on year

Opening the debate on public sector pay today (Monday) at the Labour Party conference in Brighton, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “For millions of public service workers struggling to survive, there is no more pressing issue than lifting the pay cap. “They’ve suffered years of brutal austerity and vicious attacks on public services, overseen […]

Commenting on the news that the DUP (Democratic Unionist Party) could support a Labour motion calling for an end to the public sector pay cap in the NHS, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “This is even more evidence that the Conservatives have lost the argument on public sector pay. Ministers must know they’re in […]

Opening the public sector pay debate at the 149th Trades Union Congress in Brighton, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “For millions of public service workers struggling to survive, there is no more pressing issue than lifting the pay cap. “We’ve seen years of brutal austerity and vicious attacks on public services, overseen by an […]

Date

1 July 2017 2:00pm

Location

Starting point is BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1A 1AA

Our End Austerity demo is part of the larger People’s Assembly Not One Day More #toriesout demonstration. Join us on July 1st to protest against austerity and demand properly funded public services

Later today general secretary Dave Prentis will call upon the government to lift the pay cap, and undo the damage its pay policies are causing, when he speaks to delegates. The research […]

Union manifesto for May’s election says a Welsh government must work hard to protect our services

Christina McAnea outlines damage to TUC and urges investment from next government

Union puts the case for public services with manifesto launch in Mold

UNISON is campaigning along with 13 other health unions for an early and substantial pay rise for NHS staff across the UK. When Rishi Sunak announced the long-delayed 2020 Pay Review Body awards for workers in other sectors, he failed to take the opportunity to respond to our call to move NHS pay forward by […]