Attached to this post you will find a PowerPoint presentation on the agreed principles and timetable for negotiations over the LGPS. Please take the time to read through this presentation as it explains the details of what is included in…
Click on the link below for more on the latest negotiations on the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) The government have accepted that the LGPS – as a funded scheme with a high proportion of low earners – was…
Members will have seen in the media the wide coverage of the outcome of negotiations on pensions yesterday between all public sector trade unions and Government. A document was finalised under the title of ‘Heads of Agreement’, a structure outlining…
The latest issue of Mancunion is now available to download from the website by opening this post, then clicking on this link.
On behalf of the UNISON Manchester Branch, I would like to thank stewards and members for all the hard work they put in to make the strike, march and rally on November 30 such a tremendous success. To those who…
On November 29, the Sun asked the TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber to write 200 words setting out the case for the day of action. But the Sun refused to publish the article. Here’s what he said. “This government cancelled…
The strike to defend decent pensions was really solid across Manchester, and indeed across the whole country. And the march through Manchester city centre was massively well supported, beyond most people’s expectations. What was most heartening was the real and active…
This is an historic week for our union. From the Shetland Isles to Southampton, nurses, social workers, PCSOs, librarians, dinner ladies, teaching assistants, bin men and paramedics – among many other public sector workers – will be standing shoulder to…
There are number of marches and rallies taking place on the 30th November in the North West region which UNISON members can get involved with to show their support for the industrial action. For information we have included a list…
Branch has organised a series of picket briefing meetings at the Branch Office for UNISON Stewards and activists. These have been arranged for volunteers who are picketing and wish to receive information and a briefing on arrangements for the strike…