The Branch often gets requests for short informal learning and training courses aimed at the following types of people: Contacts and activists who come forward during organising campaigns Workplace and ‘postbox’ contacts Reps and Officers who have just been elected…
This is an important time for us as UNISON members in the North West region. Most of our Branches are facing savage Government cuts to our funding which is resulting in the awful job losses we have seen in Manchester,the…
The government’s controversial Health and Social Care Bill has now cleared both Houses of Parliament and has passed into law. Coalition MPs voted to agree the Lords’ amendments to the Bill, turning down a Commons proposal from Shadow Health Secretary…
“This budget is not a road to recovery but a Road to Nowhere – No jobs, No growth, No idea.” This is the damning verdict of UNISON chief Dave Prentis on George Osborne’s budget today (21 March). The union accused…
UNISON Chief, Dave Prentis, said today that the new minimum wage rates were “Bitterly disappointing and will condemn millions of families to life on the breadline.” Dave Prentis, went on to say: “While the Chancellor looks set to cut income…
Dear Colleagues We are looking to include a short-term, ‘low cost option’ in the new LGPS from 2014. The intention would be to enable non-members to join the LGPS on a 50% contribution and benefits basis as a way of…
The hated Health and Social Care Bill could become law as early as next week. This means that there are only days to save the NHS as we know it; an NHS that is fair, efficient and more popular with…
The Manchester Branch Annual Report for 2012 is now available online to view below. [gview file=”http://staging.unisonmanchester.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Branch-Annual-Report-_2012-Concise_.pdf” ]
Health and safety is under threat. The government believes that health and safety is a burden on business. It wants to: remove as many health and safety regulations as it can, cut inspections and enforcement of the law, and make…
I’m delighted to tell you that HOPE not hate has just arrived back from the printers and is now ready for distribution. With forty-eight pages of news, views and comment, HOPE not hate is the new bi-monthly, full-colour magazine of…