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Why we need Fair Funding for Wales

People in Wales are enduring the worst cost of living crisis for a generation. Nisreen Mansour explains what Wales TUC is calling on the UK Government to do to deliver better for Wales.

Nisreen Mansour - 15 Mar 2023

Economy, jobs and pay

Workers in a factory

Pay up, chancellor – or the doom loop will never end

This year’s Budget day will see teachers and university staff, civil servants and rail workers out on strike for better pay. The government has to learn that cuts are opposed to economic growth, and the economy will only recover when workers have money and spend it.

Geoff Tily - 13 Mar 2023

Economy, jobs and pay

Workers unite to resist farcical economic policy

Once more workers must face not only being poorer but also a brutal recession as economic policy degenerates into farce.

Geoff Tily - 05 Aug 2022

Economy, jobs and pay

Bank of England

Supply teachers in Wales are treated as second class citizens by schools and agencies

At Wales TUC we want to see supply teachers receive the rewards they deserve as dedicated educators. We've raised the issue with Welsh Government and are pushing for an end to the private agency provision of supply teachers.

Ceri Williams - 10 Mar 2022

Economy, jobs and pay

Supply teachers

Living Wage for care workers in Wales: A start but not enough

This afternoon Welsh Government will make a statement on its plans to introduce a real Living Wage for social care workers. So who will this make the most difference to? And is addressing hourly pay in the sector enough?

Nisreen Mansour - 29 Jun 2021

Economy, jobs and pay

Care worker helping man in wheelchair

Fair pay for key workers isn’t just the right thing to do - it’s essential

The Chancellor has threatened a freeze of public sector wages in Wednesday’s Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR).

Kam Gill - 24 Nov 2020

Public sector pay

Care worker

The pay freeze for key workers is a bitter pill to swallow

The government’s plans are deeply unfair to key workers who’ve put themselves on the line throughout the pandemic. People we rely on everyday have been told to pay for a crisis they did not cause and have risked their lives to address.

Kam Gill - 20 Nov 2020

Public sector pay

Care worker

Key workers keep the country running through the night – they deserve better pay and conditions

Night workers keep our services running at great personal cost. It’s time the government recognises the sacrifices they make and levels up their working conditions.

Afzal Rahman - 27 Oct 2020

Minimum and real living wages

Railway maintenance workers using grinder on track at night

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