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NHS pay freeze branded 'disgrace'
The proposal floated by NHS Employers that pay for health service employees should be frozen for a third year running was branded as 'a...
Chauvinism to blame for decline in union power
Britain's male-dominated unions are allowing chauvinism to erode their power as more women enter the labour market, a...

New minimum wage rate is a real terms pay cut, says TUC
Government plans to increase the minimum wage by 1.8 per cent for adult workers and freeze the rate for young workers will...
The economic and political perils of regional pay bargaining
Plans for local and regional pay bargaining in the public sector were first mooted by the Chancellor in the 2012...

Escalation of action is entirely the responsibility of the Secretary of State
Speaking as the escalation of the Industrial Action by the NASUWT, the largest teachers' union...
Regional pay plans are unfair and won't help patients or pupils
Government plans for postcode pay in the public sector are unfair and would be bad for NHS patients and...

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