UNISON forced catering company Dolce to pay workers thousands of unpaid wages after cutting their hours
school meals
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A joint-union letter, signed by UNISON, calls on the government to take an urgent interim step and increase eligibility
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‘By cutting profit out of school meals, there’s more money for nutritious meals and to level up the pay and benefits of workers’
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Letter from UNISON and councillors across England comes as private catering companies cut jobs, hours and nutritional standards
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Private company abandons plan to make staff redundant and will now access the government furlough scheme
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UNISON backs Children’s Society campaign against changes to free school meal eligibility in England which could stop up to one million children qualifying
‘Parents will hope this latest assurance is a promise David Cameron actually gets to keep’