Good To Meet You…Con Keegan
Name: Con Keegan Job: Retired Youth Officer. Currently a local councillor for Crumpsall, North Manchester. How long have you been a member of the union? I have been a union member for over 40 years. I was chair of the…
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In my view…
UNISON Branch members who work for Manchester City Council supported the m people proposals by a ratio of over three to one. The turnout in the ballot was 26% of which 78% of members voted in favour and 22% against.…
School Support Staff Negotiating Body Talks Continue
Please see below for the text of recent circular which contains details of the latest developments in the ongoing SSSNB negotiations. It was reported in circular ED/47/10 that TUC General Secretary, Brendan Barber, would write to the Secretary of State,…
Local Government SGE & Policy Seminar – Report
Please click on the following link to read the report from UNISON North West on the recent Local Government Service Group Executive & Policy Seminar. Note that this link will take you to the UNISON Active blogging website.
Lib Dem Manifesto Lies
Please read through the summary of quotes below from the Lib Dem manifesto which have now been exposed as untrue by UNISON North West. For your reference you can also download a copy of the manifesto by clicking on the…
ConDem – Myth Busters
We have all heard the rubbish that the ConDem coalition has come out with to justify their ideologically driven cuts. Below is a selection of ConDem lies along with UNISON’s truth. Put some Tories and LibDems on the spot by…
Download Schools News Winter 2010
Please click on the link below to view a PDF version of Schools News Winter 2010. If you wish to save this document for viewing or printing later, you should click the right-mouse button over the link and select Save Target…
Government abolish school negotiating body
The SSSNB has been abolished by the Con-Dem government. Although this decision was expected, it will still be a huge disappointment for many UNISON members. The decision to abolish it was in a leaked document from the Cabinet Office in…
Schools News Winter 2010 – Comment
Like you I am extremely angry at the abolition of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB). For years we have been lobbying successive governments over the need to introduce a national framework for support staff, which would have introduced…
Cuts threaten growth and will increase inequality…
But you don’t have to take UNISON’s word for it. Commentators, economists, heath analysts, charities and others from across the political spectrum are worried at the Condems’ policy of savage cuts to the public sector. It wasn’t public services or…