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28 July 2011
A divided and inept government was accused by Unite today (Thursday 28 July) of imposing public sector pension increases before the negotiations had finished.
18 July 2011
National Offender Management Services has announced that the probation service has been opened up to privatisation. The government intends to put out all probation work to competitive tender.
14 June 2011
Unite members at Southampton city council are taking industrial action in an attempt to get their employer to talk to them about a fairer way forward.
15 June 2010
Nick Clegg’s attack on public sector pensions is part of a long-running Liberal Democrat campaign against the ‘modest’ pensions of local government staff, health workers and teachers.
24 May 2010
The £6 billion worth of public sector cuts shows that the coalition has taken ‘an economic wrong turn’ says Unite.
21 April 2010
The ‘deliberate repetition of myths’ about public sector pensions needs to be challenged, Unite, the largest union in the country, has said in a new leaflet.
12 April 2010
Launch of major campaign to protect ‘People, Pay and Pensions’ in local government.
09 April 2010
David Cameron is like a third-rate MasterChef contestant offering up the same tired menu of public expenditure cuts as his so-called recipe for economic recovery.
25 March 2010
This is very good news and shows that the government’s commitment to boosting council house spending and building is not built just on words, but on practical action.
04 March 2010
Claims by the Taxpayers’ Alliance are the same retread arguments so beloved by right-wing politicians and commentators.
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