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Homelessness and mental health issues are now every-day realities of the cost-of-living crisis as unions unite to fight back says Unison Cymru/Wales regional secretary DOMINIC MacASKILL

THE threat of homelessness, hunger and in-work poverty is now tragically an everyday reality for public service workers and their families in Wales feeling the full force of the cost-of-living crisis.
Thousands of public service workers which Unison represents across all public services in Wales are feeling undervalued, underpaid and overwhelmed.
Today we are uniting all our branches in a major rally in the centre of Cardiff to say enough is enough.
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