Search Results for “Local government” tagged North West

Unions around the world send solidarity messages to UNISON strikers

Warning that the bill will "undermine constructive employment relations and civil liberties" and "have a serious effect […]

With less than a year to go to the general election, UNISON is launching its manifesto for public services

UNISON is gearing up for a further massive union-wide recruitment campaign this spring

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis has stressed that members have turned out in force for the strike today and that the massive show of solidarity from the members and the public alike shows that 1% is just not enough

"The cuts are so severe that many local councils will soon only be able to provide those services the law says they have to. "The NHS is […]

But more than anything, my key role was as an extra brain for Mike.” Spending hours in the government’s National Archives in Richmond (along with, at times, the actors and production designers), one […]

Oasis Community Learning agrees to pay £250 to support staff earning £21,000 a year or less

UNISON North West is gearing up for Friday’s celebration of teaching assistants with events right around the region

April may have started with the Easter holidays but there was no rest for UNISON staff, activists and members. And there was only one issue on everyone’s mind – pay.

"This was with the condition that, should the settlement in local government be in excess of 1%, the trade union side would expect this to be reflected in the passenger […]

UNISON members in schools have not been balloted for strike action or action short of strike action and therefore they are advised to continue with their normal duties and responsibilities. However […]

It is no accident that the government is attacking our union at the same time that it's attacking our members and our livelihoods […]

Devolution is finally reaching the English regions – on 4 May, voters get to elect the first batch of ‘metro mayors’

He described a country where public services are devastated, working women are hit the hardest and where "a quarter of a million UNISON members struggle on a minimum wage that falls in real terms […]