Dave Prentis, UNISON General Secretary, said today (3 October) that it was government ministers such as George Osborne who were behaving irresponsibly, by failing negotiate seriously and properly with trade unions over plans to drastically cut public sector pensions. The union called…
Tens of thousands of people, of all ages and from many walks of life, turned out on a cloudy Sunday afternoon in Manchester to say to the Conservative Party that Government policies were hurting and not working. The noisy and…
Just a further update/reminder about the National Protest March outside the Conservative Party Conference, Manchester. Final details can be found via the link here, on the Proud to Serve the Public website. UNISON will be at the front of the…
UNISON nationally has provided the attached briefing materials for Stewards and members on the pensions dispute. There’s a Powerpoint presentation and speaker notes. Members are free to use these materials, so they are fully informed and armed with the facts,…
The government proposes to change the index-linking arrangements for pensions and benefits, moving from using the Retail Prices Index (RPI) to the Consumer Prices Index (CPI). The CPI doesn’t take into account housing costs like mortgage interest payments and Council…
UNISON, the UK’s largest union, is calling on the Government to stop wasting time and start serious negotiations on public service pensions. Ballot papers are being prepared and will be going out to the union’s 1.1 million public service workers…
Speaking at TUC conference in London on Wednesday 14 September, UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, said that the union will send notice to 9,000 employers that it will ballot its 1.1 million members for industrial action over pensions. Dave Prentis…
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As members will be only too aware, this Tory-led Coalition Government looks keen to make everyone, except the rich and the wealthy bankers who caused the financial crisis, pay for the financial mess this country is in. And one fund…
UNISON is really concerned at proposals in the Welfare Reform Bill to introduce a Universal Credit, including the current Housing Benefit. In particular, we are worried about the proposals for its implementation. This disquiet is shared by a range of…