This is a critical time for the NHS with Andrew Lansley’s NHS Bill facing crucial votes in the House of Lords. Public opposition to the Bill is growing. A recent UNISON/YouGov poll shows that the majority (62%) of the public do not trust the government to handle the NHS and just one in four (26%) [...]
The government’s Health and Social Care Bill, currently going through parliament, puts the NHS in danger by threatening the very principles it was built on. It will fragment and privatise our NHS to the detriment of patients and services. UNISON has been leading the fight against these plans since their introduction and more and more [...]
Calling all Stewards! Announcing a new Organising Steward course at the Manchester branch. For new Stewards, this course is essential to enable you to give members the advice they need. For those experienced Stewards, this course is essential for you to refresh your ERA certification. The course runs from 20th Feb at the branch for [...]
George Brown was born in Ballyneale, Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland in 1906 to his parents Francis Brown and Mary Lackey. Economic circumstances, as for hundreds of thousands of Irish over the previous half-century and more, forced them to emigrate. In the case of the Browns, their adopted home was Salford in the Greater Manchester area. [...]
Please see below for a list of all the confirmed BEC meeting dates due to take place throughout 2012. Note that this list is subject to change and additional dates may be added at short notice if there is a serious issue which requires the immediate attention of the BEC. Unless otherwise stated, each meeting [...]
Responding to the Labour party’s suggestions that public service workers should accept more pay freezes and pay cuts, UNISON’s General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “Our members needed hope and a reason to vote Labour. They have been snatched away. In the past year Labour has struggled to get its message across to show that there [...]
WHAT DID STRIKE ACTION ACHIEVE? The action on 30th November demonstrated the massive support of our members against the Government’s attempt to impose changes to our pension scheme. The Branch congratulates all those who took part in the action which was so well supported that almost 90% of Manchester Council staff were recorded as officially [...]
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Attached to this post you will find a PowerPoint presentation on the agreed principles and timetable for negotiations over the LGPS. Please take the time to read through this presentation as it explains the details of what is included in the agreement. During the negotiations we will be maintaining a strong campaigning stance, putting pressure [...]
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Local government workers to suffer third year of pay misery
Even more local government workers will fall into the trap of poverty, as the local government employers confirmed on 23 February that they would impose a pay freeze for the third year running. More than 1.6 million workers will be hit, even those on the lowest wages who will not get the £250 minimum increase [...]
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