On 11 November, Labour Councillors refused a joint trade union request for them to declare a climate emergency. Tony Barnsley, Branch Secretary for Sandwell General UNISON Branch stated, “It is really disappointing that Labour Councillors in Sandwell are failing to implement what is official Labour Party policy. By not declaring a climate emergency our fear …
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UNISON calls for Sandwell Council to declare climate emergency
Sandwell UNISON is to call upon Sandwell Council to declare a climate emergency and aim to become carbon neutral by 2030. Climate change will have an impact on Sandwell residents and UNISON believes it is important for all our futures that all institutions of government change their policies to limit global warming. Practically Sandwell UNISON …
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Staff Sacrifice Salary and Pension to keep Sandwell School Running
Government cuts on Sandwell schools are impacting upon both staff and children. Pressures to provide a ‘non-deficit’ budget by Educational Leaders in Sandwell have led to one school leadership team to make personal decisions which will significantly disadvantage them financially. In short, they are forfeiting their salary to enable continued effective running of the school. …
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Austerity is Over…Time for a Pay Rise
In clear pre-General Election campaign mode, the Conservative Government has announced the end of austerity and turned the spending taps back on for the public sector, after almost a decade of huge cuts. This welcome change will be a relief to our struggling NHS, to social care and to our schools that are in financial …
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Pay Claim for 2020/21
UNISON, GMB and Unite have agreed to jointly claim for the following pay award for 2020/21. The NJC Pay Claim 2020-21 A real living wage of £10 per hour for NJC SCP 1 A 10% increase on all other NJC/GLPC pay points In addition: 1 day increase to the minimum annual leave entitlement 2 hour …
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UNISON Launches Campaign to Celebrate Local Government Workers
UNISON will launch a local services champions day on 17 October. A film illustrating local government’s importance to daily life can be seen here. https://www.unison.org.uk/news/2019/06/unison-launches-campaign-celebrate-local-government-workers/ Council services continue to be cut. Years of austerity have taken their toll, reducing staff numbers and heaping more pressure on those who remain. According to Local Government Association estimates, councils across …
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Celebrate our history made in Cradley Heath – Saturday 6 July
chainmakers flyer2019 Come to the only festival in Europe that celebrates women workers’ winning a strike, that doubled their wages, establishing a minimum wage for the first time in British history. And it takes place in Cradley Heath on Saturday 6 July – The Chainmakers’ Festival 2019. The family friendly festival will this year take …
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Public Sector Exit Payment Cap Update and Response
Government issues new proposals for implementing the £95k cap on exit payments. After a long delay (where many of us hoped this issue had permanently gone away), the Westminster government has published a new consultation on draft regulations that will enact the absolute cap on all exit payments in the Public Sector. The draft regulations …
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Victory to Birmingham Home Carers
Message from UNISON’s Regional Secretary, Ravi Subramanian “The Homecare Workers Won – the Council have withdrawn all of their proposals! Yep, you read that right. After 18 months in dispute (longer than the miners’ dispute in the 80s) the council have decided to take everything off the table. These 200 or so women (and about …
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