Category Archives: Employers and Workplace information

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 [...]

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Unison survey shows Ormskirk move is discriminatory

Unison officers met on 13th February with One Connect managers to discuss the proposal to relocate Preston based staff to offices in Ormskirk. A survey of members affected by the [...]

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Blog, Thoughts of a seconded officer 7

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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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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One Connect Members Area

One Connect is the joint partnership between Lancashire County Council and BT. Many Unison members have been seconded into posts in One Connect and for these members we have set [...]

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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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Staff move to Ormskirk-Unison demand impact assessment

Unison has called upon One Connect Limited to gather more information on the impact of a proposal to relocate staff from Preston to Ormskirk. The branch are now seeking the [...]

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Protected: Connecting to Unison

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Unison Legal Challenge to One Connect-tribunal papers lodged

Lancashire Unison has now lodged papers with an Employment Tribunal on behalf of members who it believes have been detrimented on grounds of their Trade Union Membershipr Unison has written to those [...]

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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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