The TUC have issued the following additional information on the demonstration to be held on 29th September. All Together for the NHS: The Farm adds their support to TUC Manchester rally Liverpool band, The Farm, together with other bands will…
UNISON members will have seen the broadcast message circulated late yesterday by the Leader of the Council and the Chief Executive concerning future Council budgets in the light of the Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition plans for further cuts. The…
Embedded into this post below is the submission from UNISON to the Department for Communities and Local Government on LGPS fund governance. It sets out UNISON’s policy position on this very important reform of your pension scheme. If you wish…
UNISON is now consulting Branches on which of two options proposed nationally should be the basis of the formal claim to be submitted for a pay increase with effect from April 2014. Full details of both options are attached together…
The latest version of the Manchester Branch newsletter, Mancunion, is now available to either view online or download and print for reading offline. Colour copies of the newsletter are also available from the Manchester Branch Office.
Embedded into this post is the latest national circular with an update on the NJC Pay Claim for 2014/15 which sets out some background analysis and the two alternative options proposed by the UNISON NJC Committee. [gview file=”http://staging.unisonmanchester.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/LG-54-2013-2014-15-NJC-Pay-Claim-Branch-Consultation.doc”] Also included…
The NHS is under threat from privatisation and cuts. The Tory health act has pushed the profit motive to the heart of the English NHS. Key treatments are being restricted, services cut and jobs lost, resulting in increased waiting times,…
Rochdale UNISON members at Future Directions are undertaking 5 days of strike action from 8am Sunday 25th August to show their employer that they are willing to fight against cuts to their pay, terms and conditions. Please consider showing your…
The Low Commission was set up in Dec 2012 to investigate the future of advice on social welfare law issues in England and Wales. It has now published a draft report and recommendations on a future strategy for advice. See the attached…
Commenting on research from the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) that there could be one million workers on zero hours contracts, Dave Prentis, General Secretary of UNISON, said: “The vast majority of workers are only on these contracts…