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Dear Members, The employers' final pay offer of 2% or £425 (whichever is the greater) is noticeably lower than the unions' claim for an increase of 7.5% or £1,500 (whichever is greater) and a minimum wage of £10 per hour. This falls well short of our aim. Recent years have seen a series of below inflation pay rises, which...

The Living Wage The idea behind a living wage is very simple: that a person should be paid enough to live decently and to adequately provide for their family. The national minimum wage is too low The highest rate of the statutory national minimum wage is currently £7.50 an hour. This has been proven to be too little for a...

The campaign for your pay rise continues Last week’s Budget was an opportunity to bring an end to pay misery for public sector workers. Instead, the government refused to act. UNISON’s response was unequivocal and featured in leading newspapers and blogs, with our general secretary criticising a budget that had ‘left...