More bad news today, as figures show that 26,000 jobs were lost in the past year.
General Secretary’s blog
UNISON General Secretary Christina McAnea’s blog.
Thames water is the latest company to rip off consumers and push up bills higher than inflation.
Top bosses at the FTSE 100 companies received inflation-busting 10% pay rises last year, giving them a massive £4.3m. That’s more than six times the increase in average pay across the economy.
Cameron and Clegg have shamelessly roped in so-called trade union “reform” that will drastically curb our abilities to campaign on behalf of our members and to defend our public services.
Women are the ones who are keeping families together during this recession. Women are the ones who are caring for others, queuing at foodbanks, enduring payday loan sharks and losing jobs by the thousands.
I was heartened to see this week that investigations by Revenue and Customs inspectors have led to more than 700 employers being penalised for paying their workers less than the national minimum wage.
What a damning indictment of this government to read in the papers this morning that more than half a million people in Britain are resorting to food banks to stave off hunger and destitution.