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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...