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Up their pay in tough times, says the chief of the biggest private sector union, unite. you know, for workers, theyve had a spring, summer, autumn, winter of discontent for years. and quite honestly, if what that means is that an employer who can pay, an employer whos made profit, an employer who has made profit out of workers, has to pay a proper, fair wage to those workers. union reps from british airways meet to discuss whether to accept the airlines latest pay offer. when we absolutely know ...

An employer whos made profit, an employer who has made profit out of workers, has to pay a proper, fair wage to those workers. here, union reps from british airways meet to discuss whether to accept the airlines latest pay offer. when we absolutely know that these staff shortages are there because they fired and rehired in the pandemic. at a time like this, disputes about pay are no surprise. but in some workplaces, unions are beginning to assert themselves. but you are winning double digit pay....

Circumstances in which they pay rises start to be given. 0n the second side youve got the whole of the public sector. now, the treasury has keeping the raise they are sort of two to 3%, but that is not going to look very attractive if inflation is at 7% when those wage settlements for nurses, please send someone come up for nurses, please send someone come up for renewal. so a lot of very difficult questions being asked of the government.— difficult questions being asked of the rovernment. . ,...

But thats in the past. whats happening now is a shock to prices and energy and in taxation. the big question is whether wages rise to compensate for inflation at over 7%. the chancellor not backing calls for wage restraint in the private sector, but seems to for public sector workers. when it comes to private wage settlements, i dont think its the governments role, actually, to get involved. with regard to the public sector, the process we have is an independent process, and what that process do...

The chancellor not backing calls for wage restraint in the private sector, but seems to for public sector workers. when it comes to private wage settlements, i dont think its the governments role, actually, to get involved. with regard to the public sector, the process we have is an independent process, and what that process does is balance making sure that pay awards are affordable for the taxpayer ultimately who is paying for all of them, but also making sure that we value public sector worker...

You can certainly say that that pandemic blip is behind you and us and the economy? absolutely, the business blip is behind and now were back into growth mode. todays figures for the whole of 2021 show the economy growing at the strongest rate since the second world war, and that is the fastest rate of the major g7 economies in 2021. that reflects a much—needed rebound, though, from having had the fastest fall in the first year of the pandemic in 2020. put all that together and the overall pan...

Growing at the strongest rate since the second world war, and that is the fastest rate of the major g7 economies in 2021. that reflects a much—needed rebound, though, from having had the fastest fall in the first year of the pandemic in 2020. put all that together and the overall pandemic economic hit, compared with two years ago, has the uk in the middle — just below the size of the economy back then. but thats in the past. whats happening now is a shock to prices and energy and in taxation...