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Public Sector Pensions – Statement of Support
Please see below for a copy of the statement by Councillor Richard Leese, leader of the Council, on the proposed changes to Public Sector Pensions. Councillor Richard Leese’s Statement The approximately 100 separate funds which make up the Local Government Pension Scheme, of which Manchester is a member, are together the biggest pension scheme in [...]
Public Sector Pensions – Emergency Motion
The Manchester City Labour Party recently met to discuss an emergency motion, proposed by UNISON Manchester, concerning the industrial action around Public Sector Pensions due to take place on the 30th November. The motion was unanimously agreed by the City Party members and it has been included in full below. Emergency Resolution – Public Sector [...]
Received your vote? Use it NOW, vote YES
By this week, most people entitled to vote will have got their ballot papers - don’t put it off – Vote Yes now. We need a resounding Yes Vote to show government ministers the strength of opposition to their unjust and unnecessary detrimental changes to public sector pensions. We have been talking for the past 8 months, [...]
Member briefings on proposed changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme
*UPDATE* A revised timetable of briefings has now been published and you can download a copy of the latest dates/times by clicking on the following link. UNISON are organising a series of briefings over the next 2 weeks for members to ask questions and raise their concerns over the proposed changes to the Local Government [...]
Count down to action – the clock is ticking…
UNISON, the UK’s largest union, is calling on the Government to stop wasting time and start serious negotiations on public service pensions. Ballot papers are being prepared and will be going out to the union’s 1.1 million public service workers in the next few weeks, with action planned for the 30 November. Dave Prentis, General [...]
“The fight of our lives” UNISON General Secretary speech on Pensions to the TUC
Speaking at TUC conference in London on Wednesday 14 September, UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, said that the union will send notice to 9,000 employers that it will ballot its 1.1 million members for industrial action over pensions. Dave Prentis said: “UNISON represents one million public services workers and the campaigns we are fighting aren’t [...]
Public sector pension talks jeopardised by naïve playground tactics
UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, today (28 July 2011) rounded on Government ministers for putting public sector pension talks in “jeopardy” by their “naïve tactics” and apparent lack of negotiating skills. And called on them to abandon the playground games and get serious. He said: “We entered into the scheme specific talks on public sector [...]
Lies, Truths And Statistics – The Economic Con Trick Behind Dismantling Local Government
Are the cuts a necessary response to an economic crisis? Is there a crisis, and if so what is it? Is there an alternative approach? The answers to these questions are “No”; “Not Really, There’s A Crisis of Capital – But There Soon Will Be An Economic Crisis”; and “Yes”. The Tory led government is [...]
Local Government Service Group Executive Elections