Category Archives: Branch Life

Lancashire Unison – Annual General Meeting – 22nd March

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 Lancashire Unison AGM Thursday 22nd March – 12-2pm County Hall – Preston  We’re counting down to the Annual General Meeting in March. It’s a chance to find out what your [...]

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Lancashire UNISON Annual General Meeting Report

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The Annual General Meeting of the branch took place in Preston on 22nd March with representatives from across the county gathering.   Guest speakers at the meeting were our new [...]

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Now Ian Duncan Smith/David Cameron, don’t have to worry about getting the young unemployed to work for free, they can concentrate on the living wage! Blog 7 and their own [...]

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Short course in politics- if you don’t like something, tell someone. If it’s local, tell your district or county council members (or both). For something larger, tell your MP, district [...]

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   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 [...]

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The living wage campaign - fighting to get people a decent wage. This is not the minimum wage, but a fair wage. This is currently calculated at £8-30 in London and [...]

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New ways to keep in touch-making the most of our website

We’re adding new ways for Unison members to let us know about views and issues which matter. If you register with the website you can comment on most items that [...]

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How to register to use our website.

If you want to leave comments in response to posts on this site you have to register. How to register From the homepage follow the “log on” links at the bottom [...]

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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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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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