URGENT – LGPS Survey
Dear Colleagues We are looking to include a short-term, ‘low cost option’ in the new LGPS from 2014. The intention would be to enable non-members to join the LGPS on a 50% contribution and benefits basis as a way of…
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Hope not Hate – Premiere Issue Now Available
I’m delighted to tell you that HOPE not hate has just arrived back from the printers and is now ready for distribution. With forty-eight pages of news, views and comment, HOPE not hate is the new bi-monthly, full-colour magazine of…
Help Save Our NHS
The government’s Health and Social Care Bill, currently going through parliament, puts the NHS in danger by threatening the very principles it was built on. It will fragment and privatise our NHS to the detriment of patients and services. UNISON…
Latest Pensions Dispute News – Negotiations on the LGPS
WHAT DID STRIKE ACTION ACHIEVE? The action on 30th November demonstrated the massive support of our members against the Government’s attempt to impose changes to our pension scheme. The Branch congratulates all those who took part in the action which…
Protect Our Pensions LGPS Campaigns Update
Attached to this post you will find a PowerPoint presentation on the agreed principles and timetable for negotiations over the LGPS. Please take the time to read through this presentation as it explains the details of what is included in…
Update on Local Government Pension Scheme
Click on the link below for more on the latest negotiations on the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) The government have accepted that the LGPS – as a funded scheme with a high proportion of low earners – was…
Update on Pensions Dispute
Members will have seen in the media the wide coverage of the outcome of negotiations on pensions yesterday between all public sector trade unions and Government. A document was finalised under the title of ‘Heads of Agreement’, a structure outlining…
Thanks for your support
On behalf of the UNISON Manchester Branch, I would like to thank stewards and members for all the hard work they put in to make the strike, march and rally on November 30 such a tremendous success. To those who…
Marches and Rallies in the North West on 30th November
There are number of marches and rallies taking place on the 30th November in the North West region which UNISON members can get involved with to show their support for the industrial action. For information we have included a list…
Picket briefing meetings
Branch has organised a series of picket briefing meetings at the Branch Office for UNISON Stewards and activists. These have been arranged for volunteers who are picketing and wish to receive information and a briefing on arrangements for the strike…