INTERESTED IN LEARNING NEW SKILLS? Working with our training partner, The Skills Network, we have secured a number of funded places on a variety of short-course distance learning qualifications. The Skills Network offer is for FREE on-line training with a…
Love Your Bike urges people to support Greater Manchester’s Cycling City Ambition Grant bid. We believe a great city has to be a safe city for people who cycle. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM)…
UNISON CITY WIDE PAY CONSULTATION MEETINGS Please check the timetable below and make every effort to attend the meeting which is best for you. You should re-visit this page regularly over the next couple of weeks as any amendments and/or…
NOW IS THE TIME TO ORGANISE Since 2010, pay for local government workers has dropped, in real terms, by up to a staggering 18%. Our members have lost almost a fifth of their earnings. The final 1% offer for 2013…
Who runs our union? YOU do. Use your NEC vote and have your say. All members will shortly receive NEC ballot papers with election manifestos for all candidates. Successful candidates will serve for 2 years so these elections are important…
REMEMBER THE DEAD – FIGHT FOR THE LIVING Each year on 28 April, International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) is marked around the world to Remember the Dead, Fight for the Living. We remember those killed, made ill, or injured by…
JOIN THE SPONSORED WALK Come and celebrate the anniversary of the mass trespass of Kinder Scout on Sunday 21st April by raising money for the world’s only English language socialist daily. The route should be accessible for most casual walkers…
WE NEED YOUR FEEDBACK As part of our continual drive to improve and develop our Branch website we hope you can help by taking five minutes of your time to complete this quick survey. All responses will be treated confidentially…
Lie Number 1 – there will be a ‘New Simple Benefits System’ “Universal Credit is very simple and will ensure that work always pays and is seen to pay.” The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Secretary of State for…
ANGRY CONFERENCE CALLS FOR ACTION An angry conference in Manchester has condemned Government cuts in civil legal aid from April 2013 as a terrible attack on people seeking to meet their basic, essential needs. Vulnerable people face great harm and…