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George Brown – Portrait of a Trade Union Leader
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. [...]
Make Government listen to us on Wednesday
This is an historic week for our union. From the Shetland Isles to Southampton, nurses, social workers, PCSOs, librarians, dinner ladies, teaching assistants, bin men and paramedics – among many other public sector workers – will be standing shoulder to shoulder and marching, demonstrating, holding rallies, and even painting children’s faces, as millions strike to protect public [...]
Last chance to vote…
UNISON’s industrial action ballot over unnecessary and damaging plans to make public sector workers work longer, pay more and get less in their retirement, closes on Thursday 3 November. If you want to know more about how the changes affect you, click here and try out the LGPS pensions modeller which estimates how much more you [...]
George Osborne Speech – UNISON response
Dave Prentis, UNISON General Secretary, said today (3 October) that it was government ministers such as George Osborne who were behaving irresponsibly, by failing negotiate seriously and properly with trade unions over plans to drastically cut public sector pensions. The union called on the government to turn its firepower onto the real pensions crisis – the scandalous lack [...]
Training courses for UNISON Stewards
The Branch is offering Stewards the following training dates: Organising Steward Course: 5 Mondays, from 26th Sept to the 24th Oct Steward Representation Course: 5 Tuesdays from 27th Sept to the 25th October Both courses take place at the UNISON Manchester Branch office, Sunlight House, Quay Street in the city centre. The Organising Steward course [...]
“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 [...]
TUC Rally, Manchester, Sunday 2 October 2011
Services that hold communities together and protect the most vulnerable in our society are being cut and privatised by the Tory-led coalition. We have seen high inflation, high unemployment, cuts in benefits, cuts to the Education Maintenance Allowance and Connexions service, rising university fees, attacks on pensions and service cuts – all of which the [...]
Protect our Pensions – LGPS campaign hots up…
As members will be only too aware, this Tory-led Coalition Government looks keen to make everyone, except the rich and the wealthy bankers who caused the financial crisis, pay for the financial mess this country is in. And one fund that they’re keen to plunder is our pension scheme. For example, Government has set a [...]
School Uniform Grants
Worried about back to school costs? Are you: struggling to cope with the rising cost of living? finding that you’re having to economise in every area of expenditure? Help is on hand We have set up a limited fund to help UNISON members on low income with school uniform costs by way of a one-off [...]
Celebrate May Day 2012: International Workers Day