Iain Duncan Smith Petition
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION On Monday 1st April, in response to welfare reforms, Iain Duncan Smith said that he could live on £53 a week. We are asking you to sign this petition which calls for Iain Duncan Smith, the…
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Protect Colombian human rights defender Alfamir Castillo’s life TODAY
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION TO THE COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR Dear Colleague Please can you take a couple of seconds to sign the petition to the Colombian Ambassador over the potential threat to Alfamir Castillo’s life. Alfamir was a guest of the…
12 Days of Organising – Day 8
IT’S BUDGET DAY. AND IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE GOOD NEWS Chancellor George Osborne will unveil his new budget today, which is expected to hit the vulnerable and public sector workers hard. It’s been rumoured that the Chancellor may move to…
12 Days of Organising – Day 7
THE RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN CONTINUES As we enter day 7 of our campaign, branches across the region are continuing their efforts to recruit and engage new members. Check out our live blog for updates on what’s happening across the region, including…
12 Days of Organising – Day 6
WHEN WE COME TOGETHER OUR VOICES ARE HEARD If you were one of the thousands who came out to demonstrate against the Government’s unfair proposals for a bedroom tax on Saturday at an event in our region following our call…
Bedroom Tax Campaign Update
READ THE LATEST UPDATE FROM LIAM BYRNE MP First, let me say thank you. Since the campaign launched last week our supporters have done a brilliant job highlighting David Cameron’s rotten Bedroom Tax, putting enormous pressure on the Government to…
12 Days of Organising – Day 4
TOGETHER WE’RE STRONGER After over 400 job losses over the past four years, staff at Salford University branch held a demonstration yesterday against cuts to redundancy severance packages, and the exclusion of staff on fixed term contracts from severance packages.…
12 Days of Organising – Day 3
ARE YOU A HAPPY BUNNY? In the current climate, working in the public sector can be hard. We’ve found that often, even when we’re fighting cuts and redundancies, it can be campaigns to improve the little things that make life…
12 Days of Organising – Day 2
WATCH OUR NEW TV ADVERT AND SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS UNISON’s new TV advert is going out this week on ITV in the North West, and various digital terrestrial and cable channels. It focuses on the essential cover we…
Bedroom Tax Campaign
HELP TO SPREAD THE WORD Today we are launching a major campaign to highlight the incompetent, unfair and out of touch ‘bedroom tax’ David Cameron’s Government will introduce in April. I need you to share the campaign with your friends,…