Labour slams ‘phoney pay increase’ for public sector
The Government has today announced further cuts to schools, hospitals, prisons, police services and armed forces to pay for what amounts to a real terms pay cut for many of the […]
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Tories put out dishonest video re #NHSpayscam. Someone fixed it for them
The Tories are insulting our vital NHS staff with a ‘pay rise’ that will actually result in a real-terms pay cut for many, as the 6.5% ‘rise’ over three years offered […]
Exclusive: Birmingham CC ‘total climbdown’ in new bin-strike deal
The SKWAWKBOX has covered the strike by Birmingham City Council (BCC) refuse workers at some length, as staff fought against an unprincipled attack on their salaries and conditions – and […]
Birmingham Council cutting bin worker pay – pays chauffeur for council leader
Birmingham City Council (BCC) has been serially disgracing itself in its treatment of its refuse workers. The council tried to force its workers to accept a pay-cut of £3,500-5,000, […]
Bin strike CEO’s extraordinary ‘let them eat cake’ email to staff
The residents and council workers of Birmingham have been facing turmoil and disruption for months as a result of the City council’s (BCC) dire handling of a pay dispute that […]
Bham council must not be allowed to scapegoat Clancy to renege on bin deal
Birmingham City Council (BCC) leader John Clancy is under pressure to resign after the SKWAWKBOX this morning exclusively revealed an email he sent advising council officers that a deal struck […]
Another council pay axe – another Progress member at the heart of it
Yesterday the SKWAWKBOX covered the fact that the two Labour-led councils to attempt to slash the wages of low-paid staff in response to government cuts – Durham County Council and […]
Why does Progress appear at the centre of pay-cuts to low-paid council staff?
Last week the SKWAWKBOX covered events in County Durham, where a Labour-led county council (DCC) is planning to sack and re-engage all its teaching assistants in order to deprive them […]
SW NHS execs treat staff paycuts as a joke while taking pay rise & bonus
I’ve written before about the contempt shown by some executives of the NHS Trusts involved in the South West Pay Terms and Conditions Consortium (SWC), when they think nobody will […]
North Tees avoiding FOI on new hospital scale & ‘business case’
I’ve written previously about developments at North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Trust, which has attempted to bully staff into accepting the degradation of their pay and conditions, even going to […]