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 days between 9.30am and 4.00pm as blended learning, with the 27th November…
We congratulate our colleagues in the Police Service Group for their decision to ballot members for industrial action against a 1% pay offer. This replicates the decisions taken last year in Higher Education and this year (so far) in Health, the Food…
Previously we had been told that the UNISON print centre in Leeds were under pressure not to produce material around Branch recommendations to reject the pay proposals with ballot paper mailings to members. It now appears that there has been a…
Over the 2 years it’s worth JUST 94p PER YEAR FOR EVERY £1,000 YOU EARN. That’s before deductions! That is the only real difference between 2.2% and 2.01% over the full 2 years (0.19%) expressed on a 1 year per…
As Dave Prentis says “It’s not good …”. Dave Prentis at the TUC rally on 18th October declared: ‘Enough is enough. We shall no longer sit back and allow pay to decline.’ That’s exactly why we should reject the proposed…
We have been asked by the National union to carry out a ballot of members on the latest pay proposals put forward by the NJC committee. As part of this process we are organising a series of city wide member…
Reports are circulating that pressure has been applied to the Leeds UNISON printing unit not to produce any Branch material opposing the disgraceful pay proposals. So Branches are better off going elsewhere. Meanwhile there is no sign of the National…
This circular was sent to employers yesterday signed by all three Trade Unions. UNISON National Office didn’t see fit to send it to Branches! LGA circular 15 October 2014 [gview file=”http://staging.unisonmanchester.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/LGA-circular-15-October-2014.pdf”]
See the latest National Pay Surrender / Bulletin Number 52. Branches were told the consultation on the pay proposals would start on Monday 20th October. We were told this on 10th October. Apparently it now starts tomorrow and will finish…
We have requisitioned a Special Local Government Service Group Conference on pay. You can read why we have taken this step and if you agree then we need your help. For the conference to take place it requires branches representing…