Blog: Today is an opportunity for MPs to stand up for public service workers

Today, MPs will debate public sector day – and that’s down to the efforts of UNISON members across the country. Almost 150,000 UNISON members have signed our parliamentary petition calling on the government to put Pay Up Now! – leading to today’s debate. Today is an opportunity for MPs of all parties to stand up for public servants and public services in their communities, and ensure that those who work so hard for all of us get the pay rises they need and deserve. Ahead of the debate I wrote to the Prime Minister, I told her that after a life fighting for the interests of working people I am under no illusions about her government’s real plans. They have no plan for decent pay for public service workers, and no plan for decent public services. Yet if they’re going to surprise me, today’s debate would be a perfect opportunity. You can watch the debate online from 4.30pm here – and my letter to the Prime Minister is below. Please watch the debate if you can. Together we can keep up the pressure on MPs to act, and Pay Up Now! —— Dear Prime Minister For more than seven years, public service workers have been getting steadily poorer as the gap between their wage rises and the cost of living has grown. As a result they’ve been left thousands of pounds a year worse off, which has had a profound impact on the finances of millions of families, and on local economies, as households with public service employees rein in thei...
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