The SSSNB has been abolished by the Con-Dem government. Although this decision was expected, it will still be a huge disappointment for many UNISON members. The decision to abolish it was in a leaked document from the Cabinet Office in…
Like you I am extremely angry at the abolition of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB). For years we have been lobbying successive governments over the need to introduce a national framework for support staff, which would have introduced…
But you don’t have to take UNISON’s word for it. Commentators, economists, heath analysts, charities and others from across the political spectrum are worried at the Condems’ policy of savage cuts to the public sector. It wasn’t public services or…
The Branch has organised many meetings across Manchester City Council workplaces to discuss the City Council’s “m people” proposals. For those that want more information, check the latest Branch Mancunion newsletter which was dedicated to this issue. The last Branch…
George Osborne has condemned the country to decades of hardship and the people to unnecessary wholesale unemployment, with his “ideologically driven, no hope, no ideas, cuts review” warned UNISON, the UK’s largest public service union. The government has failed to…
October Open this page to download the pdf version of the October edition here
It’s hardly dreaming spires… mostly 1960s concrete. At this time of the year there are more squirrels around than people. The early-morning lectures will be the death of me, especially after the first night! And I can’t get my mobile…
How long have you worked at the Branch? 29 years. What do you like about it? I love the work… always want to come to work… never bored… every day’s a plate-spinning challenge. Where do you live? Altrincham. Where would…
UNISON and the other trade unions have been working hard to develop ways of working in the future which will allow City Council services to be delivered as effectively as possible while aiming to avoid compulsory redundancies and maintain the…
We are currently waiting for the Government’s announcement of the Comprehensive Spending review, which is due on 20 October 2010. We will then know the reality of the scale of the ConDem planned cuts across public services over the next…