Please stay in Unison and help us fight for our rightsI understand how angry some - many - members will be in the branches which have been taken over by Regional officials.I share the anger at the way in which the democratic rights of trade unionists have been denied on utterly spurious grounds, I was a member of the Greenwich branch and know from personal experience that it is one of the better r...
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UnionFutures on 10th Mar 2010 (via unionfutures.blogspot.com)
Half term is over now, so back to blogging... Here is my personal report to Greater London Region UNISON Branches from the recent special meeting of the Development and Organisation Committee of the UNISON NEC. Personal report from the Development and Organisation Committee 10 February 2009 The...
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Tigmoo on 22nd Feb 2009 (via jonrogers1963.blogspot.com)
Unison has produced an interesting leaflet which details your rights at work. The fact sheet includes general working rights applicable to everyone, the minimum wage rates from october 2008 plus right applicable especially to young workers. youngworkersyourrights
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Tigmoo on 1st Jun 2009 (via stokeunison.wordpress.com)
The West Midlands Region achieved a staggering £732,581.61 in compensation for personal injuries for members. Members of this branch were paid £99624!! It pays to be a member of Unison.
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Tigmoo on 14th Aug 2008 (via stokeunison.wordpress.com)
This is a personal report, sent to London UNISON branches, from the meeting of the UNISON National Executive Council (NEC) which took place on Wednesday 8 October. An official report will also be circulated and is available online at The meeting...
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Tigmoo on 12th Oct 2008 (via jonrogers1963.blogspot.com)
A BIG thank you to Barnet UNISON members for the support you have shown the Welfare Rights Unit Clearly the service is valued and key in supporting the most vulnerable members of our community read...
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Tigmoo on 6th Jan 2009 (via barnetunison.me.uk)
This is my personal report to London UNISON branches of the UNISON NEC meeting which took place on Wednesday 3 December. (A bit long for a blog post, so sorry for that). At the commencement of the meeting, at the request of the General Secretary, the NEC agreed to send a message of condolences to...
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Tigmoo on 7th Dec 2008 (via jonrogers1963.blogspot.com)
From latest UNISON bulletin. Constitutional matters – National Shop Stewards’ Network Some UNISON branches may have been notified of a national conference taking place on 27 June 2009. UNISON is not affiliated to the convening organisation - which has interfered repeatedly in internal UNISON matters. UNISON rules & the Democracy in UNISON guidelines make clear that support should b...
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SocialistUnity on 19th May 2009 (via socialistunity.com)
This is the report of the UNISON NEC Development and Organisation Committee 2 December 2008 which I have sent to London UNISON branches. This is a personal report of today’s meeting of the Development and Organisation (D&O) Committee. I will deal with only some major items in this report. The...
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Tigmoo on 2nd Dec 2008 (via jonrogers1963.blogspot.com)
The Future of the Welfare Rights Unit has been delayed. The statement from the Council as to what can be found here...
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Tigmoo on 27th Feb 2009 (via barnetunison.me.uk)
During the debate on abortion rights earlier this year we heard arguments put forward once again which claimed that abortion rights were in the realm of the "personal" and therefore separate from "political" questions such as war, racism and so forth. This was explicitly rejected by myself and others who argued that women's rights were not "personal" and therefore secondary, but actually a fu...
