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1.3 million UNISON members will be receiving ballot papers at their home address during the next week or so.
Every 5 years the union democratically elects its General Secretary. Dave Prentis, who is our current General Secretary is standing for re-ele…Read more…
“Your Rights Under Attack from the Tories“ By now I’m sure you’re aware of the Government’s attempts to further undermine your rights at work via the Trade Union Bill. The Bill itself is progressing through the normal parliamentary process and is facing ……Read more…
Picture college is from yesterdays TUC protest rally and Parliamentary lobby against the Tory Trade Union Bill which is an attempt by the Government to attack fundamental rights and freedoms at work.
First, there was a lunchtime rally in Central Hall,…Read more…
Monday 2 November
“As you know the Trade Union Bill is the biggest assault on working people’s rights in living memory. We need as many branches and members as possible in Westminster on Monday to lobby MPs and ensure they are aware of the key issues, the impact it will have on our…Read more…
“NOMINATION NEWS
A whopping 230 branches have agreed to nominate Dave!
What a fantastic show of support – thank you to each and every one for making this happen.
Eighteen branches have had their nomination forms rejected but they still have until F…Read more…
I am slowly catching up on events that I haven’t managed to post upon yet for various reasons.
This “Real Debt” fringe took place at the TUC Congress last month. It was sponsored by Unison.
Clare Williams, the Northern Region convener chaired and spea…Read more…
The picture collage above is from the TUC Rally and March which took place last Sunday in Manchester. I went with UNISON Greater London Regional colleagues and helped carry our Banner.
It was estimated that 85000 trade unionists from all over the…Read more…
This picture is of UNISON members from London Ambulance Service (LAS) carrying our regional banner at the TUC demo today at Manchester.
Second from left is UNISON Vice President, Eric Roberts, who is the branch secretary of LAS.
This was a great day…Read more…
Early start tomorrow morning (Sunday) to take the train to Manchester for March & Rally. I will be with the UNISON Greater London Regional banner. “No to Austerity – Yes to Workers’ Rights
National rally and march on the Tory conference
As the Conservative Party Conference meets…Read more…
(You never know what ripples a visit by a branch convenor could make in your workplace!) Com-Unison is the first in what will hopefully be a bi-monthly or quarterly newsletter from convenors. However, it’s success largely depends upon members contacting us with a … Continue reading…Read more…
Despite being a delegate (and in theory having a reserved seat) there was still a massive queue for us to get in for the “Leader’s speech”.
The atmosphere in the hall itself was one of anticipation and a genuine curiosity about what Jeremy would say a…Read more…
The branch Executive Committee of 16 September 2015 voted to endorse Heather Wakefield as their preferred candidate for the Unison General Secretary election.Read more…
Apologies for lateness but this is a snapshot of day 2 of last weeks TUC Congress (Monday) from a UNISON delegates point of view.
Our first Congress guest speaker was John Bercow MP, the Speaker of the House of Commons (and of course a Conservat…Read more…
For July 2015, members in the region received £296,955.60 in compensation for personal injury payments. Unfortuantely, nothing for members of this branch. During August, members in the region received £147,522.12 and members of this branch £5,081. It always pays to … Continue reading →Read more…
UNISON’s President Wendy Nichols has responded below to a bizarre (and “untrue”) attack on the union in the Guardian last week.
When I think of all the very strong and influential women in UNISON the idea that they are being “side lined” is fran…Read more…
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The Government will on Monday (14 September 2015) publish a Parliamentary bill that will attack trade unions ability to defend and representative their members.
This is probably one of the most pointless and even spiteful pieces of anti-trade union l…Read more…
Yesterday was the first day of the 2015 Workers’ Capital Conference, which this year is being held in London and hosted by the International Transport Federation (ITF). This global conference of union pension activists was organised by the Internationa…Read more…
Nominations opened last week for the election of Unison’s next General Secretary.
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of UNISON met on Wednesday and voted overwhelmingly(2:1) to nominate and re-elect Dave Prentis.
The NEC is the Parliament of…Read more…
This fund raiser hosted by Kevin Maguire (“Associate Editor of the Daily Mirror & TV pundit”) will take place tomorrow – Wednesday 2 September.
From 6.30pm at “The Parcel Yard, Kings Cross Station, London, N1 9AL.”
Tickets £5 each. Read more…