Three Big Lies of Welfare Reform
Lie Number 1 – there will be a ‘New Simple Benefits System’ “Universal Credit is very simple and will ensure that work always pays and is seen to pay.” The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State for…
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Free Legal Aid in Crisis
ANGRY CONFERENCE CALLS FOR ACTION An angry conference in Manchester has condemned Government cuts in civil legal aid from April 2013 as a terrible attack on people seeking to meet their basic, essential needs. Vulnerable people face great harm and…
Protect Our Pensions Campaign Update
PROTECT OUR PENSIONS – ISSUE NO. 26 Please read the latest update from the “Protect our Pensions” Campaign, which you can also download or print out. [gview file=”http://staging.unisonmanchester.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/LGPS_PoP-Campaign-26.doc”]
Pay Matters Campaign Update
LATEST ISSUES NOW AVAILABLE TO VIEW ONLINE For you information we have embedded the latest issues of the “Pay Matters” Campaign newsletter below. Also included is a copy of the “Time to Take a Stand” leaflet, produced by UNISON, which…
Iain Duncan Smith Petition
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION On Monday 1st April, in response to welfare reforms, Iain Duncan Smith said that he could live on £53 a week. We are asking you to sign this petition which calls for Iain Duncan Smith, the…
Bedroom Tax Demonstration
MANCHESTER DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE BEDROOM TAX Assembly point 1pm Piccadilly Gardens, Saturday March 30th. Since the 16th March, the Bedroom Tax campaign has seen more than 60 peaceful protests staged in every corner of the UK. On 30th March, the…
Protect Colombian human rights defender Alfamir Castillo’s life TODAY
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION TO THE COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR Dear Colleague Please can you take a couple of seconds to sign the petition to the Colombian Ambassador over the potential threat to Alfamir Castillo’s life. Alfamir was a guest of the…
In Memory of Kieran Crump Raiswell
Many of you will have heard on the news in January about the sad incident in which Kieran Crump Raiswell was attacked and killed in Whalley Range on his way into town. What some of you may not know is…
UNISON calls for 10,000 new homes in North West
– Move could generate £4bn and 75,000 jobs – Without action housing waiting lists will take 219 years to clear UNISON is calling for 10,000 new homes to be built in the North West, to ease housing waiting lists and…
12 Days of Organising – Day 8
IT’S BUDGET DAY. AND IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE GOOD NEWS Chancellor George Osborne will unveil his new budget today, which is expected to hit the vulnerable and public sector workers hard. It’s been rumoured that the Chancellor may move to…