Please see UNISON’s response below from Heather Wakefield, National Secretary (Local Government) to the LGA letter. You can also read the article on the national website where UNISON urges the LGA to reconsider their pay proposals. Letter to Sarah Messenger…
Please see the latest NJC Pay 14 Campaign Bulletin and other relevant documents which have been embedded into this post below. NJC Pay 14 Bulletin Issue No 47 [gview file=”http://staging.unisonmanchester.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/NJC-Pay-14-Bulletin-Issue-No-47.doc”] What do the employer proposals mean for you [gview file=”http://staging.unisonmanchester.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/What-do-the-employer-proposals-mean-for-you.doc”]…
Legislation introduced by the Tories compels trade unions to ballot every 10 years to get the agreement of members to continue with established Political Funds. Trade Unions need a Political Fund to legally campaign on issues such as protecting pensions,…
A MESSAGE FROM HOPE NOT HATE DIRECTOR NICK LOWLES On Friday, the regulated period for the 2015 General Election begins and every penny we spend on campaigning or exposing extremist and racist parties and politicians has to be recorded and…
Access To Advice and Justice Alliance North invite you to a public meeting about the future of free, publicly funded legal advice. Come along to the meeting It’s taking place during the Labour Party Conference in Manchester . We want…
There will be a public meeting in support of Stand up to UKIP on Monday 15th September at 7pm in The Friends Meeting House, Mount Street Manchester M2 5NS. Speakers include: Julie Ward – North West MEP Jo Cardwell –…
We will take a second day of strike action on 14th October. The Local Government Association is not giving us a choice. They are still not willing to make a reasonable offer. They are still not willing to negotiate in…
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…