UNISON SCHOOLS’ UPDATE This update aims to provide UNISON members and organisers with a brief summary of the latest trade union news in schools. If you have any comments or questions regarding this update please email education@unison.co.uk Back to school…
PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT NOW The Mayor of Liverpool is encouraging people to support two e-petitions following the Hillsborough cover-up, to strip the knighthoods of Sir Irving Patrick MP (Hallam Sheffield) and Sir Norman Bettison. People can sign the petition by clicking here.
MARCH AND DEMO IN LONDON I wish to draw your attention to the TUC ‘March for A Future That Works’ in London on 20th October. The March has been called by the TUC to demonstrate opposition to this Government’s destructive…
DEAR COLLEAGUES 14th August sees a national day of action by Action for Rail, Campaign for Better Transport and others in response to the government’s announcement of RPI + 3 per cent fare rises from next January. Below is a…
WATER IS A PUBLIC GOOD, NOT A COMMODITY As you will know following the Service Group’s ‘Make Water a Human Right’ motion at National Delegate Conference, we have committed to assist EPSU (European Federation of Public Service Unions) in collecting…
LGPS BALLOT STARTS TODAY! MAKE SURE YOU VOTE! UNISON’s ballot on the proposals for LGPS 2014 starts today and ends on 24 August. Members will receive their ballot papers over the next couple of days, so please make sure you…
OLYMPIC TAX DODGING The campaign 38 Degrees is doing a fantastic job on the issue of Olympic tax dodging by multinationals like McDonald’s and Coca Cola who are sponsors of the Olympics and are set to make huge profits while…
MAJORITY SAY VOTE “YES” TO THE LGPS! Following the branch consultation agreed at the Local Government Conference, the five Service Group Executives within the LGPS met on 19 July to receive Regional reports from the branch consultation and make their…
*UPDATE* The final, revised version of the PowerPoint presentaton and notes are now available. Embedded into this article is the LGPS Proposals 2014 presentation, along with accompanying notes, that was made to the Regional Joint Service Group Briefing last week…
Consulting on LGPS Proposals This Conference welcomes the completion of the lengthy negotiations on the future of the LGPS and the opportunity for members to now individually and collectively determine their view on the proposals. Conference endorses the following position…