October 2024 archive

NJC Pay Votes 2024/25 – Pay Offer Accepted

Sandwell’s votes on whether to take strike action for a better NJC pay offer were as follows:- 86% of UNISON members at Sandwell Children’s Trust voted to take action on a 37% turnout. 95% of UNISON members at Sandwell Leisure Trust voted to take action on a 43% turnout. 75% of UNISON members across Sandwell …

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Stop the Far Right National demonstration Saturday 26 October

TR-2610-poster UNISON, alongside 10 other national trade unions have endorsed this Stand Up To Racism counter-demonstration to the one organised by Tommy Robinson. Trade Unions stand up to the far right for very good reasons. Whenever the far right or fascists take power trade unions face restrictive laws, being banned and activists persecuted, imprisoned or …

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Reply from WM Pension Fund on delays

UNISON hit BBC Midlands Today and Politics Midlands highlighting the delays staff are facing in receiving their pensions. See 20 mins in of Politics Midlands – 29/09/2024 – BBC iPlayer West Midlands Pension Fund acknowledge the delays are unacceptable. There has also been a response from the West Midlands Pension Fund to the Joint Sandwell …

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