LATEST ISSUES NOW AVAILABLE TO VIEW ONLINE For you information we have embedded the latest issues of the “Pay Matters” Campaign newsletter below. Also included is a copy of the “Time to Take a Stand” leaflet, produced by UNISON, which…
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…
MANCHESTER DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE BEDROOM TAX Assembly point 1pm Piccadilly Gardens, Saturday March 30th. Since the 16th March, the Bedroom Tax campaign has seen more than 60 peaceful protests staged in every corner of the UK. On 30th March, the…
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…
Many of you will have heard on the news in January about the sad incident in which Kieran Crump Raiswell was attacked and killed in Whalley Range on his way into town. What some of you may not know is…
– Move could generate £4bn and 75,000 jobs – Without action housing waiting lists will take 219 years to clear UNISON is calling for 10,000 new homes to be built in the North West, to ease housing waiting lists and…
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…
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…
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…
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…