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…
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…
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* 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…
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…
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”]
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…
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…
Across the country, UNISON members will today start months of planning for a mass demonstration against the government’s failed politics of austerity, set to take place in London on Saturday 20 October 2012. Tens of thousands of UNISON members will…
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…