A 1% pay offer for local government workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is “unacceptable” and makes industrial action “invevitable”, the joint unions warned this week. The joint unions – who include UNISON, Unite and the GMB – met on 28 February to discuss the employers’ refusal to make an offer, the likelihood of [...]
Liverpool City Council have announced a cuts package of £156m. Vital services like Day Centres, Homeless and Domestic Violence Hostels, Childrens Homes, Libraries, Sports Centres and more are under serious threat of closure. We know this isn’t just happening in Liverpool. In Manchester we have had to deal with cuts of £170m over the last [...]
Manchester UNISON, while welcoming the previous Manchester Minimum Wage which the Council introduced previously, has for some time been pressing for the introduction of the Living Wage for all City Council workers. Therefore the decision today to build the introduction of the Living Wage as part of the 2014/2015 Council Budget is greatly welcomed by [...]
INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING YOUR SKILLS FOR A BETTER FUTURE? If so you should attend a FREE course for members at the UNISON NW Regional Centre, Arena Point next to Victoria Train Station in Manchester (see the map below for directions). The course is due to take place between 10.00am – 3.00pm on Saturday 5th April [...]
The Branch Annual General Meeting this year is taking place at 12.45pm on Tuesday 11th February in the Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester. The following motions are going to be discussed: Pay Public Services – Attack on Manchester National Living Wage Get the BNP out of Europe Defend our NHS Organising Community Service Members [...]
Mental Health Awareness course March 18th to 20th 2014 at The Manchester College A 3 day nationally accredited Mental Health Awareness course is available commencing on March 18th. It will take place over 3 days as blended learning, i.e. March 18th and 20th in class with the tutor and March 19th on line for group [...]
The Trade Union Education Team at the Manchester College still have a few places remaining for their year-long level 3 course starting in February (5th, blended over 1 year). It will consist of 1 day a month (the first Wednesday) in College, at the St. Johns Centre on New Quay Street, supported by online learning, [...]
UNISON CITY WIDE PAY CONSULTATION MEETINGS 2014 Please check the timetable below and make every effort to attend the meeting which is best for you. You should re-visit this page regularly over the next couple of weeks as any amendments and/or additions to the timetable will be shown here. AREA VENUE DATE TIME CREATIVE & [...]
The November 2013 edition of the Manchester Branch newsletter, Mancunion, is now available online to view, download or print for reading offline. Colour copies of this newsletter are also available from the Manchester Branch Office at room 321 in the Town Hall. As usual, you can read all of our previous issues by browsing the [...]
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Counting the cost of council cuts for women
Please tell us how cuts to local services have affected you as a woman – take part in UNISON’s survey as part of our campaign against local government cuts! Four years of cuts to local government funding have had serious consequences for women, who make up 77% of council staff and are facing cuts to [...]
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