Nursing activists have achieved an outstanding result in a crucial vote in the Royal College of Nurses (RCN), with 78% of those who voted expressing no confidence in the leadership of […]
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 […]
NHS staff in the north-west are striking against a decision by Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust to transfer their employment out of the NHS to a new limited company […]
Last week, delivery giant Hermes lost a case against a group of ‘self-employed’ drivers – a result described by their union as a triumph against ‘bogus’ self-employment – when a […]
A screw-up – at best – by Work & Pensions (DWP) Secretary Esther McVey means that tens of thousands of DWP employees will be deprived of their paltry 1% annual […]
Nurses’ pay has fallen by 6% in real terms since the Tories entered Downing Street in 2010 – an average loss of some £2,440 – because pay-rises have been capped […]
Birmingham City Council (BCC) – a Labour-run council in name only – has a record of abominable treatment of its low-paid workers. Recently the council leader resigned after a series […]
Tomorrow morning Labour’s annual Conference opens with the ‘Priorities Ballot’. This is one of the ballots where only one vote is cast on behalf of each CLP, so it’s important for […]
The pay-cap imposed for years on our vital public servants has made them – including many SKWAWKBOX readers – thousands of pounds a year worse off, creating a personal financial […]
Labour’s newly-announced pledge to remove the NHS pay cap and reinstate the bursary for nursing students is that rarest of things – a promise from a party leader who can […]