Having pushed for industrial action for so long it felt good on Monday morning to be listening to debates on pay with a ballot taking place. There were a lot of rousing speeches as you might expect but also some…
It was a big morning for our branch with three delegates speaking. Nixon Tod, our convenor at Manchester College spoke on cuts to further education. The motion was written by our FE and young members committees, taking into account the…
UNISON North West are running 2 days of Coping With Change courses, free for UNISON members, delivered by the WEA. It really is an excellent, gentle course; The course will help you to understand change and how it affects you…
The claim: A minimum increase of £1 an hour on scale point 5 to achieve the living wage and the same flat rate increase on all other scale points. 1. Local government workers have suffered an 18% cut in…
What’s happening, what does it mean — Why are we striking? Why are we balloting for industrial action? The Trade Union Side claim this year to the NJC was designed to call a halt to poverty pay in local government…
Please see below for details of courses coming up over the next few months with available places. Organising Steward Starts on 3rd June – Every Tuesday for 5 weeks – Limited places remaining Health and Safety Starts on 5th June…
UNISON CITY WIDE PAY CONSULTATION MEETINGS 2014 As you will know the National Pay Ballot for Local Government Workers and School Support Staff will commence on 23rd May. In the table below there is a list of pay meetings the…
UNISON Service groups are national structures representing members in particular areas of work. Because the union covers the whole of public services, including private employers, service groups cater for the needs of members in specific parts of public service. Each…
For your information we have reproduced an excerpt from the latest UNISON eFocus newsletter which talks about developments around the Local Government Pay Campaign. Please feel free to share these links with your friends and contacts. Local government strike…
MANCHESTER CALLING It’s Action Stations! If you do nothing else on the European elections campaign, give us just a few hours on Saturday 3rd May. Give us 2 hours, and we’ll give you a fascist-free North West! Give us 2 hours,…