A new session of the nationally accredited Mental Health Awareness course is going to be held at St. John’s Campus, Manchester College. It will take place over 3 consecutive days commencing on 2nd June 2015. It is imperative that those…
We are within 60 days of the most important election in recent memory. We have seen the effect of 5 years of austerity on our services, our families and our members – we need to discuss the issues and know…
Ever thought you would like to take up a course but don’t want to travel across the city to get to the venue? Well, a bid to fund our own branch pop up classroom has been submitted to National Learning…
Exciting news from the YES centre in Newton Heath, a community ICT hub set up just about a year ago. The centre now has 60 people a day through the doors for help with internet access, paying bills online, claiming…
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) have announced a further date of national strike action as part of their campaign against government proposals on teacher’s pay. They are planning to take action on Wednesday 26 March. A summary leaflet on…
UNISON SCHOOLS’ UPDATE This update aims to provide UNISON members and organisers with a brief summary of the latest trade union news in schools. If you have any comments or questions regarding this update please email education@unison.co.uk Back to school…
Queen’s Jubilee Additional Holiday A number of Schools-based members have raised a query with regard to the Bank Holiday for the Queen’s Jubilee this year. The Manchester Local Authority has already incorporated this Bank Holiday within the School calendar as…
Health and safety is under threat. The government believes that health and safety is a burden on business. It wants to: remove as many health and safety regulations as it can, cut inspections and enforcement of the law, and make…
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…
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