Iain Duncan Smith Petition
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…
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Bedroom Tax Demonstration
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…
Bedroom Tax Campaign
HELP TO SPREAD THE WORD Today we are launching a major campaign to highlight the incompetent, unfair and out of touch ‘bedroom tax’ David Cameron’s Government will introduce in April. I need you to share the campaign with your friends,…
Free Legal Aid in Crisis
Advice services are in crisis A threefold change is causing a crisis to the provision of free legal advice. Legal Aid is being cut in April 2013 for many areas of social welfare law, including housing, employment, benefits, debt and…
MCC VS/VER Member Briefings
In the embedded table below is a timetable of meetings to discuss the Council budget situation and the future impact on jobs and services as well as the Voluntary Severance / Voluntary Early Retirement schemes. The Council has agreed up…
Council Budget Briefing
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…
5 Good Reasons to Hate Universal Credit
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…
Time to break the Pay Freeze
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.…
March for a Future that Works
MARCH AND DEMO IN LONDON I wish to draw your attention to the TUC ‘March for A Future That Works’ in London on 20th October. The March has been called by the TUC to demonstrate opposition to this Government’s destructive…
Our rights at work are under attack
Yesterday afternoon, I hand-delivered a 6,000-strong letter to Vince Cable at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, saying we need more hiring, not more firing. The timing couldn’t have been more crucial. Last year, David Cameron asked a venture…