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This isn’t an official report, but is accurate to the best of my knowledge. If you spot any errors or omissions, please let me know. I have also uploaded the official “progress of business”.
You can refer to the conference agenda (the pack of motions …Read more…
Help us campaign for equality by filling in our survey – and maybe win a holiday for two at Croyde Bay Holiday Resort in north Devon
The article UNISON equality survey – with prizes first…Read more…
The detailed timetable of windows for the various meetings for the coming year is below.
For explanation of jargon and acronyms, see my glossary. For more information on Unite’s structures, see my structures page.
20 Nov – 1 Dec 2017 and 10-14 Dec 201…Read more…
Later this year the National Retired Members and all Unite sectors will hold their conferences in Brighton. Each sector conferences determines a sector’s own industrial policies provided that they are not inconsistent with the general policy and object…Read more…
Take the UNISON equality survey – you could win three nights for two people at Croyde Bay Holiday Resort
The article Help UNISON campaign for equality first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
I’ve already posted videos of Jeremy Corbyn’s speech and Sharon Graham’s presentation on the Unite Industrial Strategy – Work, Voice, Pay.
The liveliest debate of the day was around the aftermath of the EU referendum and what UNITE’s position on freed…Read more…
National retired members’ organisations asks for submissions from members wanting to attend disabled members’, LGBT members’, Black members and women’s conferences as delegates in October, November,…Read more…
Each year there is a schedule of meetings, intended to ensure key meetings don’t clash with each other. For 2016 the schedule is as follows:
Regional Industrial Sector Committees; Area Activists Committees; Regional Equalities & Regional Labour Pa…Read more…
MAC Senior, the newssheet for UNISON Scotland retired members, has six lively pages reporting on the 2015 UK Retired Members’ Conference in Brighton last month.
http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/retired/index.htmlRead more…
Roger is 70 years old and has been retired from Sheffield City Council as an administrator since 1997
The article The Trade Union Bill: Roger’s story first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
General secretary criticises comments on pensioner benefits as ‘despicable’
The article Dave Prentis slams Taxpayers’ Alliance first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
General secretary praises contribution of 170,000 retired members at Brighton conference
The article ‘You are the living history of our union’ first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Tuesday’s business was less contentious than Monday’s, but covered a wide range of issues.
In the debate on retired members, Assistant General Secretary Steve Turner clarified that “Executive Statements”, if passed, do actually change rules – it is up…Read more…