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…
UNITE constitutional timetable 2016
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…
Retired Members’ conference reports
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…
The Trade Union Bill: Roger’s story
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…
Dave Prentis slams Taxpayers’ Alliance
General secretary criticises comments on pensioner benefits as ‘despicable’
The article Dave Prentis slams Taxpayers’ Alliance first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
‘You are the living history of our union’
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…
Unite Rules Conference – day two
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…