Similarly, Kate, a staff nurse in Leicester, would prioritise making sure that working people are able to pay for the essentials.
#UNISON RESEACH FULL#
“So, here at UNISON we asked the experts – those workers on the frontline in their communities – what policies would improve their lives and boost the economy.”Ībbi, a probation service officer in Llanelli, says that “working full time, two average incomes just doesn’t cover the cost of living anymore.” She would like to see the government put money into tackling poverty, helping with housing costs and bringing down the cost of essentials, like childcare. UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea commented today: “It’s difficult to see how one of the richest politicians in the UK can deliver the policies that ordinary people who work in and rely on public services need. The need to find better-paid work is a major factor in the staffing crisis in public services, the survey shows, with a third of those surveyed planning to leave the public sector altogether for a job elsewhere. This financial strain is forcing them to make some incredibly difficult choices: 86% of those surveyed are cutting costs to make ends meet – of whom more than one in 10 (10.5%) have had to use, or plan to use, a foodbank.Īs well as making cuts, one in five has also taken steps to increase their income, of whom two thirds work overtime, over a third are already working two jobs and a further 24.1% plan to find a second job 6.5% of respondents have even taken on a third job. This is against a backdrop of almost nine in every 10 public service workers (88.1%) finding it harder to pay their household bills than they did six months ago. The budget takes place next Wednesday and is the Westminster government’s opportunity to take big decisions that would benefit people’s lives, such as investing in public services, improving wages, making the tax system fairer and tackling out-of-control energy bills.īut new UNISON research shows that an overwhelming 94.5% of public service workers are not optimistic that it will do any of those things.
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