Dear Friend Next week, together with union activists, I’ll be delivering a huge letter right to the door of Number 10 Downing street, saying ‘our rights at work are not for sale’. This Tory government are forcing through their plan…
UNISON is leading the fight against the fight against privatisation of ambulance services in Manchester. Manchester branch members have been out in force raising awareness of the issue and gathering signatures for the petition. We speak to one of the…
The Council Leader and Chief Executive today issued a broadcast message to all staff on the future possible changes in Council funding. UNISON believes in the need for transparent communication by the Council with all staff and especially during difficult…
With neighbouring authorities already acting as “Pathfinders” planning to run pilot schemes, Universal Credit is already hitting our region. The scheme is currently scheduled to go live for new claimants nationally from October 2013. UNISON is firmly opposed to these…
In local government pay is in real spending power terms now at levels equivalent to the mid-90’s. Over 2/3rds of local government workers earn unless than £21,000 a year. Thousands of our members rely on in-work benefits and tax credits.…
On Thursday there will be elections in the Manchester area including ward by-elections, Manchester Central constituency and the Police Commissioner elections. Tens of thousands of UNISON members including hundreds from this Branch took part in the TUC ‘March for an…
LATEST UPDATE FROM UNISON LG SERVICE GROUP ON PAY CAMPAIGN As branches know the NJC Trade Union Side has submitted the following claim for a pay increase for our members in 2013 – 2014: A substantial flat rate increase on…
There are just 2 days to go until the elections for Police and Crime Commissioners, there’s a lot at stake, and we really need your help. 15,000 police officers and thousands more police staff are being cut across the country,…
In March next year Manchester’s patient transport service is set to be taken over by the bus company Arriva. Arriva won the contract even though their bid performed worse on quality than the in-house option. This is blatant privatisation of…
The Manchester Libraries on-line catalogue is a fantastic resource, pick a book, reserve it and collect it from the library of your choice. They even send you an email to say that it’s arrived. Kind of like Amazon, except everything…