“Better Times” written by Barrie Keeffe is the first full-length play directed by Ad Lib Productions, a new “pop up” theatre group based in Bolton and Manchester. It tells the story of the Poplar Rates Rebellion, a tax protest that…
The NUT have recently announced that they are calling on their members to take strike action on 5 July in response to the threat to the pay, terms and conditions of teachers, linked to funding. Details of the NUT campaign…
Last week, UNISON’s National Joint Council (NJC) representatives, the people who negotiate the pay for those of us on Local Government terms and conditions, voted to accept a 1% pay increase for this year and a further 1% for next…
Members working in further education are being urged to ‘Vote Yes’ in their industrial action ballot which started this week. The ballot follows a consultation which saw UNISON members reject the employers’ “pay offer” of 0%. We need members to…
UNISON members working in the Probation Service will be taking industrial action over pay on Monday, 14 September 2015 from 9am to 12noon. This is in response to a 0% pay offer and is a second day of action on…
Members working in the Probation service are taking industrial action on Tuesday 14th July 2015 to show their rejection for the 0% pay insult (offer) from the employers. The Manchester picket is located at Minshull Street, outside Manchester Crown Court,…
Local Government Strike on 14 October Suspended for Membership Consultation on new pay proposals UNISON, GMB and UNITE have today decided to suspend strike action planned for 14 October and consult members on revised new proposals put forward by the…
Following a meeting held today UNISON and other Local Government trade unions agreed to change the date of the next stage of strike action. Rather than the provisional date of 30th September the next strike day will be on Tuesday…
UNISON’s local government and school support workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are set to hold a second day of strike action on Tuesday 30 September. The announcement follows the strike on 10 July, which saw around a million…
If you want decent public services, if you think fair pay is important and if you oppose plans to weaken local government and school services, then now is the time to take action together. The reality is that we have…