With effect from Monday 20th April the lead branch officer for your department may change. Should you need support & you don’t have a workplace representative to discuss your concerns with in the first instance then please contact the following. … Continue reading →Read more…
Why Workers Won’t Unite: That is the question
In her review of two US books on the decline of unions in the States, Kim Philips Fein of NYU takes us through a hop, skip and a jump of US Union history and then dives into a complex seeming summary…Read more…
Will conference words of unity translate to reality?
Calls for unity from both platform and floor were welcome after a sometimes bitter special local government conference in London on Tuesday – and unity is essential if anything positive is to come…Read more…
Personal Injury Settlements February 2015
During February 2015, members of the West Midlands region received £98,603.43 in compensation for personal injury payments. Members of this branch received £3,650. It always pays to be a Unison member.Read more…
Rising inequality caused by weaker unions
A new study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has tracked three decades of income (1980 to 2010) and found that as unionisation declined, the wealth of the richest 10% in advanced countries…Read more…
Unison Executive Committee Officerships
The branch has opportunities to serve on its Executive committee for the following posts:- Women’s Officer International Relations Officer Membership & Recruitment Secretary Youth Officer (must be aged under 27) Treasurer Auditors x 2 Black Members’ Officer LGBT Officer –…Read more…
Unison Branch Annual Report Jan – Dec 2015
The annual report gives a comprehensive insight into the work of Branch Officers and Convenors for 2014. It’s well worth a read – jan – dec 2014Read more…
Does it matter which union is the ‘largest’?
Inter union rivalry has been a negative characteristic of British trade unionism for more than a century. The highly unionised teaching profession is strongly contested by 3 TUC affiliated unions and…Read more…
Unison AGM 25 February 2015 5.00 pm
The Unison City of Stoke-On-Trent Local Government Branch AGM will take place on Wednesday 25 February 2015 at 5.00 pm in the Windsor Room, Civic Centre, Stoke. This will be preceded by a buffet at 4.20 pm which must be … Continue reading →Read more…
Organising workers and the question of race
Within recent memory part of the substantive debate around trade unions and equality was centred on the question of the extent to which white workers were seen to benefit from racism and working…Read more…
What is a trade union?
Well done to Jamie-Max Caldwell for another excellent video:
Organising strategy – mobilise or organise?
On 8th November I attended four fascinating meetings at the Historical Materialism conference with people from the USA and Canada discussing the plight of the labour movement and ideas for turning it round.
I found the debates really useful and there …Read more…
Nominations Invited For Election Of Officers/Stewards 2015-2016
Nominations are now being invited for officers and stewards to serve for 2015-2016. Information, how to apply and deadlines for responses – annual elections exec Nomination form to become a branch officer – nominationforofficer Nomination form to become a steward … Continue…Read more…