Unions representing hundreds of thousands of health workers, including nurses, cleaners, porters, paramedics and ambulance staff, are submitting a claim for a substantial pay rise following years of austerity. The
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Boris Johnson has been branded a “joke” and a “hypocrite” by NHS workers demanding an immediate pay rise. NHS staff, who have hinted at strike action, made their way to
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Thousands of NHS workers have taken to the streets across the UK to demand better wages for staff left “on their knees” by the coronavirus pandemic. In London, health workers
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Frontline workers excluded from the public sector pay rise said they feel undervalued and like “our lives don’t matter”. Almost 900,000 workers are set to benefit from the pay rise,
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Social care providers have accused the Government of “sidestepping” the issue of low pay for care staff, while professions covered by the public sector pay rise warned of a blow
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Public sector workers on the front line of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic will be given a pay rise, the Chancellor has announced. Doctors, teachers and police officers are among
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A union is calling for Scotland’s “broken” care system to be transformed into a national care service after the coronavirus pandemic. Unison said adult social care has been the “forgotten
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The care sector should adopt a similar system to the NHS to prevent more deaths, Unison said, as it published a new strategy. The UK’s largest trade union said the
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Workers in care homes and other parts of the sector are being forced to take unpaid leave or survive on statutory sick pay (SSP) if they have to self-isolate or
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Thousands of care workers in Wales will pay tax and National Insurance contributions on a £500 bonus given to them for their work during the coronavirus pandemic. First Minister Mark
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