In local government pay is in real spending power terms now at levels equivalent to the mid-90’s. Over 2/3rds of local government workers earn unless than £21,000 a year. Thousands of our members rely on in-work benefits and tax credits.…
REMEMBER WHY WE ARE MARCHING ON OCT 20TH If you are a UNISON member and wish to travel down to London for the demonstration on 20th October then sign-up with your details by completing the on-line form here.
MARCH AND DEMO IN LONDON I wish to draw your attention to the TUC ‘March for A Future That Works’ in London on 20th October. The March has been called by the TUC to demonstrate opposition to this Government’s destructive…
The government’s Health and Social Care Bill, currently going through parliament, puts the NHS in danger by threatening the very principles it was built on. It will fragment and privatise our NHS to the detriment of patients and services. UNISON…
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…
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…
UNISON is asking its members to vote early and vote YES in the ballot for industrial action to protect public sector pensions. Ballot papers are being posted to 1.1 million UNISON members, and will start arriving from Wednesday 12 October.…
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…
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…