Action for Rail
DEAR COLLEAGUES 14th August sees a national day of action by Action for Rail, Campaign for Better Transport and others in response to the government’s announcement of RPI + 3 per cent fare rises from next January. Below is a…
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Make Water a Human Right
WATER IS A PUBLIC GOOD, NOT A COMMODITY As you will know following the Service Group’s ‘Make Water a Human Right’ motion at National Delegate Conference, we have committed to assist EPSU (European Federation of Public Service Unions) in collecting…
Protect our Pensions LGPS Campaign – Issue 23
LGPS BALLOT STARTS TODAY! MAKE SURE YOU VOTE! UNISON’s ballot on the proposals for LGPS 2014 starts today and ends on 24 August. Members will receive their ballot papers over the next couple of days, so please make sure you…
38 Campaign – Olympic Tax Dodgers
OLYMPIC TAX DODGING The campaign 38 Degrees is doing a fantastic job on the issue of Olympic tax dodging by multinationals like McDonald’s and Coca Cola who are sponsors of the Olympics and are set to make huge profits while…
Protect our Pensions LGPS Campaign – Issue 22
MAJORITY SAY VOTE “YES” TO THE LGPS! Following the branch consultation agreed at the Local Government Conference, the five Service Group Executives within the LGPS met on 19 July to receive Regional reports from the branch consultation and make their…
*UPDATE* Final LGPS Proposals 2014 – Presentation + Notes
*UPDATE* The final, revised version of the PowerPoint presentaton and notes are now available. Embedded into this article is the LGPS Proposals 2014 presentation, along with accompanying notes, that was made to the Regional Joint Service Group Briefing last week…
Motion for UNISON Local Government SG Conference 2012
Consulting on LGPS Proposals This Conference welcomes the completion of the lengthy negotiations on the future of the LGPS and the opportunity for members to now individually and collectively determine their view on the proposals. Conference endorses the following position…
Local Government Pension Scheme 2014 – Joint Statement
Here’s the official statement, and you can get more info from [gview file=”http://staging.unisonmanchester.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/LGPS-2014.pdf”]
Our rights at work are under attack
Yesterday afternoon, I hand-delivered a 6,000-strong letter to Vince Cable at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, saying we need more hiring, not more firing. The timing couldn’t have been more crucial. Last year, David Cameron asked a venture…
School Uniform Grant 2012
Help is on hand UNISON has set up a limited fund to help its members on low income with school uniform costs by way of a one-off payment of up to £120* (this is the maximum grant available where there…