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Blog, Thoughts of a seconded officer 7
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Blog, Thoughts of a seconded officer 6
So, Fred Goodwin has been stripped of his of his Knighthood, because he was trying to make profit in the old fashioned way, when his house of cards came down. [...]
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Branch Education Blog
I attended a Seminar on the Government’s Cuts and Reforms at the TUC in London on Monday 23rd January 2012. There were several guest speakers who included Professor Paul Gregg [...]
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Blog, Thoughts of a seconded officer 5
Wow, too busy to blog this week, redeployment meetings, reorganisation meetings, a meeting of the Joint Negotiation and Consultative Forum. (Staff and managers) as well as the ongoing disciplinary’s and [...]
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Blog, Thoughts of a seconded officer 4
“Oi UNISON, what are you doing about the pensions?” “Oi UNISON, what are you doing about the millage?” I’ve had this phrase shouted, asked, emailed and phoned many times on [...]
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Blog, Thoughts of a seconded officer 3
So last week, I phoned my local income tax officer and offered to buy him a sandwich and coke for lunch (not a full line) and suggested that we could [...]
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Blog,Thoughts of a seconded officer 2
Happy new year to all readers! During the holiday period, I was sent a link by a friend – Thatcher state funeral to be privatised This is a straight forward [...]
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Blog,Thoughts of a seconded officer
Posted December 22, 2011 at 11:23 am | Permalink What a busy year since joining the full time team in September. The highlight of my UNISON year was the 30-12-11 [...]
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Blog – Health And Safety Officers
John Mackey and Heather Pitman are the branch officers who cover Health and Safety issues. John and Heather’s blog will appear soon.
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Blog, Thoughts of a seconded officer 8
Out with my mate Dicko last week – he had some coke and the bubbles went up his nose. I got an ice cube stuck in mine. The conversation [...]