Aims for a smoke free Knowlsey by 2030

Elliot Jessett

26 September 2024 at 10:32 am·1-min read

Tobacco use continues to be one of the most significant public health challenges — -Credit: (Image: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire)

Hundreds of workers at a housing association are set to walk out on strike in a dispute over pay. Members of both Unite and Unison unions began balloting their members last month over a pay row with Livv Housing Group, based in Prescot.

The ballot on strike action closed on September 19 and Unison confirmed workers have voted to take industrial action and go on strike after rejecting Livv Housing Group's offer of a 5% pay increase as they say it does not reverse a real terms pay cut.

The unions say the offer falls short of what the workers deserve after ten years of "real-terms pay cuts". UNISON Knowsley branch secretary James Robinson said: “These workers have faced significant cuts to their pay and conditions over the past ten years, all while Livv Housing Group has seen its income go up and up.

“Livv Housing’s CEO Léann Hearne earns more than the prime minister, raking in more than £250,000 each year. Rents for tenants have also increased by 7.7%.

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