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<h2 id="headings">Headings</h2>
<h1 id="this-is-heading-1">This is Heading 1</h1>
<p><code>h1</code> is usued sparingly, usually just for the title of a given page.</p>
<h2 id="this-is-heading-2">This is Heading 2</h2>
<p><code>h2</code> is the main heading style used for sections of a page. Heading&rsquo;s in this style are shown in the contents card, which is the thing to the left of this.</p>
<h3 id="this-is-heading-3">This is Heading 3</h3>
<p>We&rsquo;re using <code>h3</code> for sub-sections. These also show in the contents card.</p>
<h4 id="this-is-heading-4">This is Heading 4</h4>
<p>It&rsquo;s pink! This isn&rsquo;t shown in the contents card. It&rsquo;s actually not always puink — pages on this side can have an overriding tint-colour, which isn&rsquo;t in effect on this page, but you&rsquo;ll notice on some pages, the site logo and other elements on the page change colour to match the tint of that page.</p>
<h5 id="heading-5">Heading 5</h5>
<p>This one is spare and left over, we&rsquo;re not really using it for anything yet, so it just gets to be super tiny for now.</p>
<h6 id="heading-6">Heading 6</h6>
<p>This is just getting silly, so i&rsquo;ve made it super silly small.</p>
<h2 id="quotes">Quotes</h2>
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<p>&ldquo;This is a blockquote, it surely contains some very profound and important text.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Here&rsquo;s another quote of equal importance&rdquo;.</p>
<p><cite> The webmaster </cite></p>
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<h2 id="code">Code</h2>
<p><code>here's a code block, incase we want to, i dunno, share some code? We're a tech union after all.</code></p>
<h2 id="buttons">Buttons</h2>
<p>We&rsquo;re got lots of style of buttons for different things.</p>
<p>This is a regular <code>button</code>, used for navigation.
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<a class="utaw-button" href="#">Regular Button</a>
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<p>This is <code>globe button</code>, used for links to other sites.
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<a class="utaw-button utaw-button--icon utaw-button--globe" href="#"><span class="utaw-button__symbol" aria-hidden="true">🌐︎</span><span class="utaw-button__label">This is a globe button</span></a>
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<p>This is a <code>next button</code>, for when you need to go to the next thing.
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<a class="utaw-button utaw-button--icon utaw-button--next" href="#"><span class="utaw-button__symbol" aria-hidden="true">→</span><span class="utaw-button__label">This button goes over there</span></a>
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<p>This is a <code>document button</code>, for opening up docuemnts, documentation, files, whatever.
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<a class="utaw-button utaw-button--icon utaw-button--document" href="#"><span class="utaw-button__symbol" aria-hidden="true">▤</span><span class="utaw-button__label">Click me I'm a button</span></a>
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<p>This is a <code>download button</code>, for downloading documents.
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<a class="utaw-button utaw-button--icon utaw-button--download" href="#"><span class="utaw-button__symbol" aria-hidden="true">↓</span><span class="utaw-button__label">Webmaster's P45</span></a>
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<p>This is an <code>edit button</code>, for filling out forms, maybe?
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<a class="utaw-button utaw-button--icon utaw-button--edit" href="#"><span class="utaw-button__symbol" aria-hidden="true">✎</span><span class="utaw-button__label">Fill out a form</span></a>
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<h2 id="partials">Partials</h2>
<p>Below are some reusable blocks that will appear around the site:</p>
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<li>Join Block</li>
<li>About Block</li>
<li>FAQ Block</li>
<li>Education Block</li>
<li>Related Block</li>
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]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Historic pay rise win for members at Mitie</title><link>/news/historic-pay-rise-win-for-members-at-mitie/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>Edwin Dorley</dc:creator><guid>/news/historic-pay-rise-win-for-members-at-mitie/</guid><description>UTAW-CWU members at Mitie have won a historic pay rise.</description><enclosure url="/news/historic-pay-rise-win-for-members-at-mitie/featured.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><media:content url="/news/historic-pay-rise-win-for-members-at-mitie/featured.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg"/><category>News</category><category>Pay Rise</category><category>Recognition</category><category>Collective Bargaining</category><category>Mitie</category><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="/news/historic-pay-rise-win-for-members-at-mitie/featured.jpg" alt="Historic pay rise win for members at Mitie"></p><h2 id="225-across-the-board">22.5% across the board</h2>
<h2 id="8000-per-member">£8000 per member</h2>
<p>UTAW-CWU members at Mitie have won a historic pay rise.</p>
<p>In 2025, the remote engineering team, based in Northern Ireland, secured union recognition with UTAW-CWU. Following successful negotiations on their first pay claim, members have now accepted a huge, inflation-busting pay deal. When workers unionise, pay goes up.</p>
<p>United Tech &amp; Allied Workers is the UK&rsquo;s first trade union run for and by tech workers, and is a national branch of the Communication Workers Union.</p>
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