The SSSNB has been abolished by the Con-Dem government. Although this decision was expected, it will still be a huge disappointment for many UNISON members. The decision to abolish it was in a leaked document from the Cabinet Office in…
Like you I am extremely angry at the abolition of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB). For years we have been lobbying successive governments over the need to introduce a national framework for support staff, which would have introduced…
But you don’t have to take UNISON’s word for it. Commentators, economists, heath analysts, charities and others from across the political spectrum are worried at the Condems’ policy of savage cuts to the public sector. It wasn’t public services or…
The Branch has organised many meetings across Manchester City Council workplaces to discuss the City Council’s “m people” proposals. For those that want more information, check the latest Branch Mancunion newsletter which was dedicated to this issue. The last Branch…
George Osborne has condemned the country to decades of hardship and the people to unnecessary wholesale unemployment, with his “ideologically driven, no hope, no ideas, cuts review” warned UNISON, the UK’s largest public service union. The government has failed to…
October Open this page to download the pdf version of the October edition here
It’s hardly dreaming spires… mostly 1960s concrete. At this time of the year there are more squirrels around than people. The early-morning lectures will be the death of me, especially after the first night! And I can’t get my mobile…
The Wednesday of European Health and Safety Week has been designated “National Inspection Day” when all safety representatives are asked to inspect their workplace. In 2010, this is the 27th October. The TUC has produced a simple guide to inspections…
Dave Prentis, UNISON General Secretary, said: “Our key priority is to make sure that our members’ pension schemes, that they pay into all their working lives, remain sustainable and affordable and that there is no damaging race to the bottom.…
UNISON and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) are taking our campaign to Parliament on 19 October to lobby MPs. We need all our MPs to know that public sector workers are furious about having to pay for the disastrous mistakes…