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BLOG – Living wage

I have blogged on the living wage before (see blog 7); this is an important campaign fighting for a living wage for all workers, rather than minimum wage. The Minimum [...]

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IMPORTANT ADVICE REGARDING BUSINESS MILEAGE RATE

UNISON is advising all staff who claim a mileage allowance for using their car as part of their job, to submit a grievance. A model letter outlining the grievance is [...]

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ADVICE ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO MILEAGE RATE

If you are a car user as part of your employment, you may know by now that your employer intends to cut your business mileage rate from 60p per mile [...]

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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 [...]

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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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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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