What the government was doing, he said, was "hurting working people, hurting families". Mr Prentis told delegates […]
Article on the UNISON National
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- Conference
- 2015 Police & Justice Service Group Conference
- Date
- 12 June 2015
- Decision
- Carried
The importance of local policing, which builds strong links with all types of communities, is being eroded rapidly and the […]
Motion on the UNISON National
site.
- Conference
- 2015 Police & Justice Service Group Conference
- Date
- 1 January 2015
- Decision
- Carried
b) A migration of UNISON membership from local Branches to the more centralised location. This is a concern, to local members impacted by the […]
Motion on the UNISON National
site.
- Conference
- 2015 Police & Justice Service Group Conference
- Date
- 18 June 2015
- Decision
- Carried
The service cuts are putting the public, our members' lives and their families at risk. The local Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) were supposed to put localism at the top of their agendas yet […]
Motion on the UNISON National
site.
- Conference
- 2015 Police & Justice Service Group Conference
- Date
- 18 June 2015
- Decision
- Carried
The creation of the Officer of the Police and Crime Commissioner was supposed to put localism at the top of the agenda, yet decisions like the closure of force control rooms, where localism […]
Motion on the UNISON National
site.
- Conference
- 2015 Police & Justice Service Group Conference
- Date
- 15 June 2015
- Decision
- Carried as Amended
Despite this, the Scottish Government pressed ahead with the formation of a single service for Scotland required to make efficiency […]
Motion on the UNISON National
site.
- Conference
- 2015 Police & Justice Service Group Conference
- Date
- 16 June 2015
- Decision
- Carried
Conference will be aware that Regional devolution in the North West will be a testing ground for future public sector provision as the funding changes and commissioning responsibilities involved in these new arrangements are put into practice. Devolution in the context of austerity and ever tightening budgets creates a significant concern that there is a […]
Motion on the UNISON National
site.
- Conference
- 2015 Police & Justice Service Group Conference
- Date
- 12 June 2015
- Decision
- Carried as Amended
So, there it is, a clear commitment by the government to reduce spending on police services across the country without any regard for the consequences to […]
Motion on the UNISON National
site.
- Conference
- 2015 Police & Justice Service Group Conference
- Date
- 1 January 2015
- Decision
- Carried
In short, the Government has failed to protect the front line. UNISON research shows that: A) in September 2013, there […]
Motion on the UNISON National
site.
- Conference
- 2015 Police & Justice Service Group Conference
- Date
- 18 June 2015
- Decision
- Carried
c)The government is providing significant public funding for the PPRB and it would therefore be unfair and unjust […]
Motion on the UNISON National
site.
- Conference
- 2015 Police & Justice Service Group Conference
- Date
- 1 January 2015
- Decision
- Carried
PSVs are often moved into roles “under the radar”, usually on the whim of a local area/district commander as a way of, perhaps, re-opening a front counter, closed because of cuts in […]
Motion on the UNISON National
site.
- Conference
- 2015 Police & Justice Service Group Conference
- Date
- 8 June 2015
- Decision
- Carried as Amended
Conference is aware that in May 2016 when PCC elections will take place there a local and mayoral elections in many areas, we are fearful that the PCC elections will get lost in the […]
Motion on the UNISON National
site.
- Conference
- 2015 Police & Justice Service Group Conference
- Date
- 1 January 2015
- Decision
- Carried
Conference notes that the tory government’s success in the general election means that they will now, undoubtedly, continue with their plans for the privatisation of the probation service. Clearly this has major implications for all UNISON members in the service, but there are particular issues facing women workers: 1) The majority of the redundancies in […]
Motion on the UNISON National
site.
- Conference
- 2015 Police & Justice Service Group Conference
- Date
- 18 June 2015
- Decision
- Carried
Conference is reminded that when the Con-Dem government abolished the 35 Probation Trusts in June 2014, to create the National Probation Service (NPS) and […]
Motion on the UNISON National
site.
- Conference
- 2015 Police & Justice Service Group Conference
- Date
- 9 June 2015
- Decision
- Carried
Conference has seen the damaging effect the cuts in the policing budget has had in the workplace over the last few years and with the Conservatives winning a majority at the General Election in May it offers a bleak outlook for all working in policing. We have seen controls rooms reduced and centralised, Custody Suits […]
Motion on the UNISON National
site.