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Unison leader Dave Prentis
“SERIOUS problems” in public services will get worse if wages continue to fall behind the cost of living, the Unison union has warned in a letter to Boris Johnson.
General secretary Dave Prentis wrote to the Prime Minister urging him to invest in public-sector workers after years of pay cuts and job losses.
Mr Prentis said the new PM had a “duty” to take action to ease the financial strain on workers, whose income is slipping further behind as the cost of living rises.
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