Trade unions

• Mental health cuts leaving carers vulnerable to violence, survey reveals

  Cuts to mental health services are leaving carers vulnerable to violence from patients and are exacerbating the staff retention crisis, public sector union warns.

  

• Union claims pay cap is stripping billions of pounds from council budgets

  A major union has accused the Government of stripping billions of pounds from the local authorities, schools and police forces to enforce a cap on public sector pay.

  

• Birmingham bin strike to resume after council issues redundancy notices

  Bin workers in Birmingham are back on strike today after an agreement reached with the city council appeared to fall

  

• Long-running bin strike in Birmingham is called off

  The seven-week bin strike in Birmingham has been suspended after trade union Unite agreed to further negotiations with the council.

  

• Care workers ‘exploited en masse’, unions say in wake of gig economy review

  Home care workers are still being ‘exploited en masse’, union leader says in the wake of a major review into modern employment practices.

  

• Union commits to moving council pension schemes away from fossil fuels

  Local Government Pension Schemes should be divested from fossil fuels within five years, Unison has argued today.

  

• Care workers warn the dignity of residents is being compromised by cuts

  Severe staff shortages in residential care homes are denying elderly people the most basic levels of care, according to a survey of care workers.

  

• Unions call for 5% pay increase for council staff

  Local government workers should be given a 5% pay rise following eight years of government-imposed pay restraint, trade unions have argued.

  

• Education under threat from £3bn of cuts, union warns

  Parents and teachers are concerned about the impact of nearly £3bn in school funding cuts on the quality of education in the UK’s schools.

  

• Pupils ‘at risk’ from cuts to school support staff, union says

  The safety of pupils is being put at risk by school cuts, public sector union claims as survey reveals school office employees are carrying out tasks that go beyond their remit.