WHEN WE COME TOGETHER OUR VOICES ARE HEARD If you were one of the thousands who came out to demonstrate against the Government’s unfair proposals for a bedroom tax on Saturday at an event in our region following our call…
READ THE LATEST UPDATE FROM LIAM BYRNE MP First, let me say thank you. Since the campaign launched last week our supporters have done a brilliant job highlighting David Cameron’s rotten Bedroom Tax, putting enormous pressure on the Government to…
TOGETHER WE’RE STRONGER After over 400 job losses over the past four years, staff at Salford University branch held a demonstration yesterday against cuts to redundancy severance packages, and the exclusion of staff on fixed term contracts from severance packages.…
ARE YOU A HAPPY BUNNY? In the current climate, working in the public sector can be hard. We’ve found that often, even when we’re fighting cuts and redundancies, it can be campaigns to improve the little things that make life…
WATCH OUR NEW TV ADVERT AND SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS UNISON’s new TV advert is going out this week on ITV in the North West, and various digital terrestrial and cable channels. It focuses on the essential cover we…
HELP TO SPREAD THE WORD Today we are launching a major campaign to highlight the incompetent, unfair and out of touch ‘bedroom tax’ David Cameron’s Government will introduce in April. I need you to share the campaign with your friends,…
This weekend we are being offered two very different visions of Manchester. One offers HOPE, another hate. Our Manchester is a city of vibrancy, tolerance and friendship. The other is being presented by the English Defence League and is a…
Our UNISON colleague activists on the UNISON Active blog have put up a new article today, which analyses the latest NJC Pay Offer and makes a strong case for improving the one proposed. We encourage you all to read this…
NORTH WEST POSITION IS TO REJECT NATIONAL PAY OFFER Dear Colleague As reported on the UNISON website here and in other media the NJC Employers have now put forward two “options” for an NJC pay offer this year to the…
WORRIED ABOUT PAYING YOUR FUEL BILL? With rising costs and another cold winter many members are worried about how they’re going to pay this year’s winter fuel bills. Help is on hand ‘There for you’ has set up a limited…