Category Archives: Branch Life

BLOG – Speaking out

‘First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out [...]

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THEATRE TICKET OFFER FOR UNISON MEMBERS

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See Close The Coal House Door at The Lowry, Salford for £10 (for performances on 15th & 16th May) Close the Coalhouse Door Tue 15 – Sat 19 May http://www.thelowry.com/event/close-the-coalhouse-door [...]

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BLOG – Living wage

I have blogged on the living wage before (see blog 7); this is an important campaign fighting for a living wage for all workers, rather than minimum wage. The Minimum [...]

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IMPORTANT ADVICE REGARDING BUSINESS MILEAGE RATE

UNISON is advising all staff who claim a mileage allowance for using their car as part of their job, to submit a grievance. A model letter outlining the grievance is [...]

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Chair’s Blog – Your Vote Matters

By now, all members should have received ballot papers for the elections to UNISON’s National Local Government Service Group Executive. I’m guessing that this was probably not the most exciting [...]

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BLOG-Colleagues becoming angry

Colleagues are now becoming angry at the attempt to minimise the mileage allowance to 45p a loss of 15p on what we now receive. I attended a meeting in Wyre [...]

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Blog, Thoughts of a seconded officer 12

Sorry I didn’t get chance to blog last week, but I was away training. It was the second week of the advanced reps course. We were looking at recruiting and [...]

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Chair’s Blog-Happy Holidays

With the break for Easter just around the corner I, like lots of others, are looking forward to some time off. It’s also the time when the new leave year [...]

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Blog, Thoughts of a seconded officer 11

Busy, busy, busy. Negotiating over Terms and conditions, representation and duty officer 2 1/2 days last week. This is normally the first point of contact with a union official when [...]

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2012 AGM – reports and documents

Read the Agenda for the AGM – HERE Read the Annual Report HERE – (low resolution down load) The above documents have also been mailed directly to members home address [...]

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