“The City of London Corporation is monstrously wealthy but believes its already hard up workers should swallow a substantial real terms pay cut... How can it possibly accept that its own staff should be driven to measures like using foodbanks"
Tag: Sharon Graham
Future Labour government must fix broken economy – Unite responds to Labour’s 5 point plan
Labour’s “government on a mission” could be confronted with “Mission Impossible” unless the party confronts the broken economy - Sharon Graham responds to Labour's 5 point plan.
NHS pay review body ‘long passed its sell-by date – Unite
“The NHS Pay Review Body has presided over more than a decade of real wage cuts for almost all NHS staff. It has been a smokescreen which has allowed Government to drive the NHS to the point of collapse."
‘Don’t waste the weekend’ call – Unite warns Government they must convene pay talks for NHS staff
Unite warns the government that it has five days to stop NHS strike spreading and must convene pay talks now. Reporting by Unite Live.
Chancellor ‘not on the side of workers’ – Sharon Graham, Unite
"Jeremy Hunt has chosen to meet his self-imposed targets by slashing public services and raising taxes on workers, rather than those responsible" - Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham responds to the Autumn Statement.
‘Corporate greed’ rife as workers struggling – Unite the Union
"The company [Felixstowe Ports] is making an absolute fortune. It could pay 50 per cent more on your wages and still be in profit. We are asking for 10 per cent." - Sharon Graham, Unite General Secretary
‘One law for bosses and one for the rest of us’
“If Grant Shapps had his way we would all still be in the workhouse. His intervention is just the latest in a growing list of political attacks on trade unions and the most fundamental rights held by working people" - Sharon Graham, Unite