School Uniform Grants 2025
UNISON’s charity, There for You, is offering help for members on a low income with a one-off, non-repayable grant of £75 per school-aged child, which will be paid in the form of a voucher. We want to make this limited…
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Workplace Day of Action for Palestine – 15 May 2025 – Nakba Day
UNISON Manchester Branch invites you to participate in the Workplace Day of Action for Palestine on 15th May 2025. The branch office will be taking its own photograph opportunity, to be circulated on social media using the hashtag #workplaces4palestine at…
UNISON NEC Elections 2025
Manchester Branch encourages every member to express their democratic right to vote in the current UNISON NEC Election. Ballot papers will be coming to your home with a pre-paid envelope and need to be returned before 5pm on Wednesday 21…
Winter Essentials Grant
UNISON’s Welfare Charity, There for You, is offering a limited number of £200 vouchers to members on a low income. Check the eligibility criteria below to see if you can apply for this grant. Applicants must: And EITHER: Be on…
White Ribbon Day 2024: It Starts with Men
Violence against women and girls is rooted in harmful masculine norms. Starting with men, we must address the attitudes and behaviours that contribute to a fear of violence for women in their day-to-day lives. This White Ribbon Day, we’re encouraging…
School Uniform Grants 2024
A school uniform should be the least of a parent’s worries. That’s why UNISON’s very own charity, There for You, gives School Uniform Grants to members who need a helping hand in getting their kids kitted out for the new…
NJC Employers’ Pay Offer for 2024/25
The joint trade unions (UNISON, Unite and GMB) have received a pay offer from the NJC Employers’ Side. The offer letter can be downloaded here, and the key points are: Clearly, the offer does not meet our demands and members…
NJC Industrial Action Ballot Update #2
UNISON HQ emailed all NJC members today to update them on the Council and School pay award for 2023. Unfortunately, the update does not state any timescales for when members can expect to receive the back-dated award in their salary…
NJC Industrial Action Ballot Update
When the National Joint Council (NJC) Committee last met, it agreed to wait for the results of Unite’s industrial action ballot before publicly confirming the next steps. The majority of Unite’s ballots have now closed and their committee has met…
NJC Industrial Action Ballot Results
Members in the Council and Schools will be aware that the ballot for strike action against the NJC pay offer closed last week. Nearly 85% of Manchester UNISON’s Council and Schools Members voted to take strike action in support of…