Please see below for a copy of the statement by Councillor Richard Leese, leader of the Council, on the proposed changes to Public Sector Pensions. Councillor Richard Leese’s Statement The approximately 100 separate funds which make up the Local Government…
The Manchester City Labour Party recently met to discuss an emergency motion, proposed by UNISON Manchester, concerning the industrial action around Public Sector Pensions due to take place on the 30th November. The motion was unanimously agreed by the City…
Members of UNISON, the UK’s largest union, have today voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action to protect their pensions. The union balloted members including nurses, teaching assistants, social workers, care assistants, paramedics, police staff, school dinner ladies, probation workers…
UNISON’s industrial action ballot over unnecessary and damaging plans to make public sector workers work longer, pay more and get less in their retirement, closes on Thursday 3 November. If you want to know more about how the changes affect…
UNISON, the UK’s largest union, said that today’s Office of National Statistics pensions trends survey* revealed that not enough people are saving for their later years – storing up a huge benefits timebomb for the taxpayer. The survey shows that…
UNISON has exposed the false economy of Government Ministers’ plans to make damaging changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). Figures produced for the union show that by paying into their pensions, council workers save the government a total…
*UPDATE* A revised timetable of briefings has now been published and you can download a copy of the latest dates/times by clicking on the following link. UNISON are organising a series of briefings over the next 2 weeks for members…
UNISON is asking its members to vote early and vote YES in the ballot for industrial action to protect public sector pensions. Ballot papers are being posted to 1.1 million UNISON members, and will start arriving from Wednesday 12 October.…
Women are the biggest group to be affected by government ministers plans to change public sector pension schemes. More than 3.7 million women (6 in 10) working in public services across the UK could be affected by the plans to make…
UNISON, the UK’s largest union, today announced the start of the biggest ballot in UK history, in a trade dispute over government ministers’ plans to make detrimental changes to local government and NHS pensions. The union has given the…