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UNISON has said that the government must recognise the dedication and commitment of workers who got us through the pandemic with a new deal for public services and its staff.
Speaking at the TUC earlier today, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said that the strain on the physical and mental health of public service staff and the economic repercussions will be felt for generations.
She warned that the government ‘needs to be reminded of this and told in no uncertain terms to listen to the voices of the workers who carried us all through this crisis’.
Andrea Egan, UNISON vice president, also told the conference that now is the time to invest in public services, stressing that ‘austerity has never worked before and it certainly won’t work now’.
Recent UNISON research has shown that councils in England, Wales and Scotland have been landed with huge budget deficits of almost £3 billion for the next financial year. On top of this, local government workers, despite all their sacrifice in the peaks of the pandemic, are now facing a pay cut, with an offer of 1.75 per cent far below inflation at 3.8 per cent.
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