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Train strike: Liverpool MPs, councillors and others back walk-outs this week

Prominent city and region figures throw support behind rail staff who are striking on three days this week

Liverpool Echo

Teachers and nurses may join rail workers in next stage of strikes

The railways will be shutting down for three days this week but industrial action could also be taken by teachers and nurses demanding fair pay

Chronicle Live

Councils plan 5% pay rise for staff but only if Scottish Government stumps up more cash

COSLA say increasing the offer from 2 per cent depends on SNP/Green Ministers providing extra resources

Daily Record

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Rail strikes: Teachers and nurses may join train workers in next stage of walkouts

Union bosses have warned of potential chaos this week on top of the pandemonium already expected in light of the railways shutting down for three days this week

Daily Mirror

UK at risk of further strikes as teachers and NHS staff issue warning

It comes as more than 40,000 members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union are set to cripple the UK’s transport network by staging 24-hour walkouts on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

Evening Standard

New strike chaos as teachers and NHS staff warn of action over pay

Rail unions set to walk out on Tuesday, as clashes loom over public sector pay offers falling short of inflation

The Guardian - UK

Trade union calls on newly-elected Lanarkshire council leaders to support workers over pay

UNISON asked council leaders attending their first COSLA for support in improving the pay offer to local government workers.

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Scottish council bosses accused of 'blackmail' for claiming pay rises will cost 20,000 jobs

Town hall bosses believe a rise linked to inflation, which is in line to hit 10 per cent this year, could impact on jobs

Daily Record

Unions call for decent pay rise to stop workers leaving the NHS

More staff falling into debt and turning to foodbanks to feed their families, study suggests.

The Independent UK

Long Covid forces 10,000 NHS staff off sick for longer than three months

Unions warn medical staff missing work with illness are being ‘bullied and punished’

The Independent UK

'Totally unacceptable' Northumberland community nurses paid 26p LESS per mile than the agreed rate

The RCN say the lower rate is "putting a significant strain on their finances"

Chronicle Live

Carer faces giving up job she loves as soaring petrol prices eat 75% of wages

Linda Campbell from Ceredigion said she loves "every minute" of her 12 years spent as a carer, looking after those in need in rural Welsh villages, but rocketing fuel prices may force her to quit her job

Daily Mirror

Nottingham hospital trust accused of 'cash grab' from NHS workers over parking ordeal

'Hospital workers are very unhappy that they are effectively being taxed extra to go to work and save lives'

Nottingham Post

Motorists suffer 'worst week of pump pain' as petrol prices rise again

The AA estimates the high street is losing £23million a day as people cut back on spending to keep their cars on the road. Unleaded has soared 7p in a week and 50p compared to this time last year

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Daily Record

Council leaders 'deeply disappointed' with Nicola Sturgeon over pay dispute

Cosla finance spokeswoman Gail Macgregor said the current budget settlement for local government "limits the options" for successfully resolving the dispute.

The National (Scotland)

Councils 'disappointed' ministers won't intervene in local authority pay disputes

COUNCIL leaders across Scotland are said to be “deeply disappointed” with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Finance Secretary Kate Forbes for…

Daily Mirror

Carers are 'calling in sick' because they can't afford to fuel their cars to go to work

Unison general secretary Christina McAnea warned care workers are now hit so badly by the cost of living crisis that they can't afford to fill their cars with petrol

The National (Scotland)

Will the cost of living crisis spark a revival in the trade union movement?

BANK of England governor Andrew Bailey caused a stir when he told workers in February that he wanted to see them showing “quite clear restraint”…

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The Independent UK

Care staff ‘calling in sick because they cannot afford fuel to get to work’

Unison chief attacks government for ‘not having a plan’ to tackle cost of living crisis as cost of filling typical family car tops £100 for first time

The Guardian - UK

UK healthcare staff call in sick to avoid using car as cost of fuel soars, union says

Low-paid health and care workers cannot afford to fill tanks, head of Unison warns

The National (Scotland)

'Major victory' as hundreds of jobs to be transferred to Scotland's NHS

Hundreds of workers at Wishaw’s University Hospital will be transferred from Serco to NHS Lanarkshire ...

Daily Record

Agreement reached to bring support services at University Hospital Wishaw into NHS hands

NHS Lanarkshire announced it has reached an agreement in principle with the private financial initiative provider, Summit Healthcare Limited, and the current support service contractor Serco.

Daily Record

Pay row could see schools closed and waste piled up on streets

Unions are balloting council members in Renfrewshire as part of a widespread dispute over pay

Glasgow Live

Nicola Sturgeon warned schools will close and rubbish left to rot on street amid strike threat

Leaders of Unison, Unite and GMB unions have written to Nicola Sturgeon and Finance Secretary Kate Forbes calling for talks on local government pay to take place as a "matter of urgency".

Daily Record

Union warns of 'school closures' and 'waste piled on streets' of Lanarkshire over pay dispute

UNISON has demanded a meeting with, and immediate action from, the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and the Finance Secretary Kate Forbes over the local government pay dispute.

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