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 [...]
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UNISON members give green light to pensions negotiations
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Pension Briefing held for North West Activists
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 [...]
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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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Local Government pensions framework to go ahead
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 [...]
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PENSIONS AGREEMENT SUSPENDED
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 [...]
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N30 in Lancashire-news
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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N30-”Today You Made History”
Message from UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis “Today you made history. Every single UNISON member supporting the day of action has played their part in this fantastic day. “UNISON members, [...]
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Pensions cuts: ministers are not telling truth say unions
Politicians have been accused of ‘deliberately misrepresenting’ the income public sector workers will receive in retirement. Government claims that everyone on low to middle incomes would get as good, and [...]
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Public service pension changes – email your MP
A House of Commons Early Day Motion – EDM 2228 , backed by MPs, warns of the dangers of the proposed changes to public sector pension schemes. Significant numbers of [...]
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