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This week sees the TUC gather for its annual congress in Brighton... all with so much to offer and all of us with so much to gain. |
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"We have a clear message for the cabinet meeting today in Birmingham: we demand fair pay for public service workers - we demand it."
Those were the stark words of UNISON deputy general secretary Keith Sonnet this morning when he kicked off the TUC Congress's debate on public sector pay.
UNISON FE members vote 'Yes' to pay offer
(08/09/08) Ballot sends clear message to colleges to 'implement the deal or face anger'
Prentis issues rallying call to TUC
(08/09/08) "Unity, strength and solidarity is our future", general secretary tells delegates
OFSTED unions condemn privatisation plans
(4/09/08) Early education and childcare inspections in spotlight
Prentis slams 'flawed' PFI
(02/09/08) Union chief calls on government to abandon failed policy
Strike warning
Further action in Scotland 'inevitable'
Negotiating framework agreed
Trade unions and local government employers in England, Northern Ireland and Wales have agreed a framework for further talks, holding out hopes of settling the current pay dispute by the end of this year
Ofsted dispute - campaign update
Members say continue working to contracted hours, and collect evidence of unpaid overtime
Undervalued and underpaid
Apprentices often get paid even less than the minimum wage - but they face the same rises to the cost of living as everyone else
Negotiating with numbers
I've heard that there's a new activists' course on numeracy - what's it about?
Higher Education Branch Seminar
Register now for this seminar, running from Thursday 23 to Saturday 25 October 2008 at The Holiday Inn, Cardiff
Homecare survey
UNISON is asking branches to join our campaign to promote the value of the work done by our members in homecare
Coming events
Including Keep the Promise child poverty rally
Training
Activists' training in your region and nationally
Positively Public
Equal pay
Make local services count
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