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JANUARY 09, 2020
One in four workers on minimum wage illegally underpaid As the government’s mandatory minimum wage is set to rise to just £8.72 an hour in April, new research by The Resolution Foundation report has revealed that an astounding 25 per cent of minimum ... Read more
NOVEMBER 20, 2019
Unite to undertake consultative ballot action after RSPCA move towards performance-related pay
Unite is to undertake a consultative ballot on industrial action with its members at the RSPCA over proposed changes to pay and conditions by the charity. The consultative ballot will run until 5 December and is designed to examine the strength of feeling ... Read more
NOVEMBER 17, 2019
Peabody surplus up – but pressing ahead with brutal cuts
Despite announcing a £14 million rise in it’s surplus in the last six months taking it to £67 million, Peabody Housing are handing down brutal cuts to vital tenant services and impossible workloads are being forced on neighbourhood managers. With no pay rise ... Read more
OCTOBER 02, 2019
Greenwich council housing repair workers vote to strike
About 120 housing repair workers at Greenwich council have overwhelmingly voted to strike as they are disgusted over the way they are being treated, Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union, said today. Unite said its members had voted by 95 per ... Read more
APRIL 08, 2019
After successive years of under inflationary pay rises, Unite the Union says Peabody must now pay all of its hard working staff a fair pay increase in this year’s negotiations and that only a 5% pay rise across the board ... Read more
JANUARY 21, 2019
Housing Workers prepare for action!
Back in 2014, staff at St Mungos who were Unite members, took industrial action and went on strike in defence of pay and decent services for clients and won! The agreement that has been place in for the last five years and that has ... Read more
DECEMBER 05, 2018
Housing workers get ready to strike following ‘derisory’ pay offer
Over 400 members of Unite employed by the housing and homeless charity Shelter, will take three days of strike action beginning on Tuesday 11 December in a dispute over pay. The 72 hour strike follows a ‘derisory’ pay offer of a ... Read more
NOVEMBER 28, 2018
Management at Peter Bedford realise the error of their ways!
Hackney housing strike off as Unite celebrates victory in pay dispute Planned strike action at Peter Bedford Housing Association, in Hackney, involving members of Unite has been called off after management agreed to honour the pay deal they had previously failed ... Read more
OCTOBER 22, 2018
Housing Workers Conference - It's time to win our fair share!
The strength of the housing sector lies in the commitment, belief and motivation of its workforce. As housing workers, we work in our job because we care. We support our organisation’s aims of social housing and support for the vulnerable, above ... Read more
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
UNITE YOUTH AND COMMUNITY WORKERS VOTE TO ACCEPT JNC PAY DEAL
Youth and community workers, members of Unite, along with staff side unions have voted to accept a two year pay deal starting from September 2018. Unite members voted overwhelmingly in favour of the two year JNC (Joint Negotiating Committee), pink book ... Read more
JULY 04, 2018
JNC Employers meet with unions on Monday to put forward pay offer
JNC Staff Side unions will meet employers on Monday (9th July) to see if they are ready to #PayUp for youth work. The joint unions representing thousands of Youth and Community Workers across England and Wales in Local Government and the community, ... Read more
MAY 17, 2018
Manifesto for culture change in the international development sector
Recent press interest has once again revealed the failings of the leadership of international development organisations to address sexual exploitation and abuse issues that we, as workers, have been highlighting for many years. This has brought a renewed commitment to ... Read more
MAY 11, 2018
Trade Unions demand that employers and the Government pay up for youth work and youth services
Joint pay claim from Unite, Unison, NEU and UCU asks for a £1000 or 5% pay increase for youth and community workers on the JNC Pink Book after almost a decade of pay restraint. The four unions representing thousands of Youth ... Read more
MARCH 08, 2018
International Women's Day 2018 and Women's Pay Day for many!
It’s International Women’s Day today - a day to celebrate the many achievements of women as well as highlight the inequalities women continue to face in the workplace and society. Nearly 50 years since the Ford machinists went on strike ... Read more
MARCH 08, 2018
Women in the Workplace: Thoughts for International Women’s Day
The TUC Women’s Conference, the democratic voice of women at work, is convening this International Women’s Day at Congress House to discuss the issues of low pay, pay restraint and the yawning gender pay gap. How can we best support ... Read more
JANUARY 22, 2018
4.5% pay boost at Peter Bedford Housing Association
Unite members at the small north east London supported housing organisation Peter Bedford Housing Association (PBHA) have agreed a pay deal which conjoins them to the nationally agreed local government scales. The result of this is that in future, members ... Read more
DECEMBER 12, 2017
Work Voice Pay - 3% for Friends of the Earth!
Workers at Friends of the Earth (FoE) are celebrating as their pay negotiations have resulted in a 3% increase on all staff basic salaries (including a 3% increase in London weighting) - all backdated to the 1 June 2017. Aaron, Connor, Laura and Rose, Unite ... Read more
MAY 18, 2017
Thirteen Group concede and agreement is reached
In the period leading up to Christmas 2015 Vela and Fabrick Housing groups were in the process of merging to become Thirteen Group and negotiations were taking place regarding group wide terms and conditions plus an annual pay rise. Included ... Read more
MAY 10, 2017
Low paid workers offered counselling
Mental health issues affect around two thirds of the population, with many suffering in silence. This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and this year's theme is ‘surviving to thriving'. This gives us the chance to highlight how issues around ... Read more
NOVEMBER 24, 2016
Please support the call to stop the salary slashing of supported living workers
Supported Living (SSL) Workers at Sanctuary staff have received letters from their employer threatening a possible dismissal and re-engagement if they do not agree to huge pay cuts, even though the project makes an annual surplus. The SSL project contributes ... Read more
OCTOBER 28, 2016
No Salary Slashing at Sanctuary!
Unite members demonstrated outside Sanctuary Group's headquarters in Worcester yesterday in protest over proposed cuts to pay conditions. Members of the Unite union highlighted to members of the public the difference between CEO David Bennett’s £320,000 salary and the £8,000 pay ... Read more
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
Exactly half a century after the iconic television play Cathy Come Home sparked a national conversation about homelessness, another Ken Loach production will be released in cinemas nationally on October 21, is getting people talking – this time about our ... Read more
AUGUST 23, 2016
Unite serves notice on London’s ‘unethical’ hotel sector
Global hotel chains stand accused of making London one of the most ‘unethical' tourist destinations in the world by its own workforce in a hard hitting report launched by Unite, Britain's biggest union. Unethical London, written by Unite, exposes the low ... Read more
JUNE 14, 2016
Unions standing up the youth workers of today
Unions representing youth and community workers across England and Wales have called for an end to the fall in youth worker pay, after years of real terms pay cuts sees wages shrink by 17% in six years. The NUT, UCU, Unite ... Read more
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
Action for Children staff vote overwhelmingly for industrial action!
Senior executives at Action for Children are being urged to go to ACAS to resolve a long-running pay dispute as members overwhelmingly vote for strike action. 71% of Unite members taking part in the ballot voted yes to strike action, while ... Read more
