Lancashire UNISON
As a result of cuts and the drive for ‘personalisation’, day centre provision is being heavily hit. Less high profile than residential or home care, day centres provide vital care, [...]
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UNISON activists have voted today to give the union’s negotiators the green light to continue discussions with government ministers on changes to public sector pensions. More than 250 key elected [...]
On the 12th January the Rt Hon. David Lammy has secured a debate in the House of Commons on the issue of ’forced academies’. This is very important as it [...]
UNISON North West region brought activists from five service groups together at the Regional Centre on 5th January for a joint briefing on the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). Around [...]
A timeline and set of principles that provide a positive framework for negotiations on the local government pension scheme (LGPS), is back on track, said UNISON, the UK’s largest public [...]
The local government trade unions, UNISON, UNITE and GMB, have today been alarmed by the response from Eric Pickles, to the joint proposal from the unions and the Local Government [...]
Eric Pickles! Save our libraries, not our bins! Concern: Suddenly the government has found £250,000,000.00 to spend on weekly bin collections while our services are cut! Solution: Instead save our [...]
The day of action in Lancashire has been a huge success with picket lines at locations all across the county and large numbers of members and supporters taking to the [...]
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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 [...]