UNISON is Britain's most effective trade union, representing 1.3 million people working in the UK's public services. We negotiate better pay and conditions, help individuals in trouble and campaign for a safer, fairer society.

The Manchester Branch of UNISON supports well over 11,000 employees in Manchester City Council; covering all types of jobs from housing officers to teaching assistants, caretakers to library staff, environmental health officers to social and support workers. The Branch also represents members in the voluntary and private sector in Manchester who provide services to the public.

Latest News: City Council staff vote on revised Part 3 Terms and Conditions

Manchester Branch Officers have been in tough negotiations with City Council Corporate Personnel Officers for the past year over the new Part 3 terms and conditions of service. These include leave entitlement, flexibility payments and overtime rates - things that can make a great deal of difference to members' working lives. A full briefing of the changes has been sent to each member, but here's more information in the latest Mancunion or via this link. You can also view the detail on the flexibility payments here.

At its meeting at the start of June, the Branch Executive Commitee voted unanimously to endorse the revised arrangements on the basis that for the membership as a whole, the deal seemed fair,and was the best available through negotiation.

However, as ever, the final say goes to our members, so please read the briefing papers and return your ballot paper in the reply paid envelope as soon as possible.

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Last updated: 12 June 2009