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Key workers need a pay rise – and they need it now
Unions have an opportunity to join together at national level and put in the type of pay claims that could start to raise all key workers and their families out of poverty for good, argues HELEN O’CONNOR
Signs thanking key workers and the NHS are seen in South London
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FOLLOWING the financial crash of 2008, billions were poured into bailing out the financial sector.
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