Branch Secretary Pension Ballot Letter.

At the recent TUC Conference Dave Prentis, General Secretary announced that UNISON would ballot members for industrial action over pensions. Negotiations have been ongoing for 8 months but so far have produced little of any value to UNISON members. We are asking LAS members to vote YES in the forthcoming…

Vote YES!

The UNISON Health Service Group Executive voted today (21st September) to move to an Industrial Action Ballot in defence of pensions. This was not an easy decision, but a vital decision, and one that was endorsed and supported by all the executive.

Pensions – Crunch Time!

We are heading for national industrial action in defence of our pensions if no acceptable agreement is made with this Coalition Government. Next week is Crunch Time!

Don’t Forget The NHS!

What with the London Riots, Notting Hill Carnival, the quest to ‘modernise’ Libya and London football teams being walloped by clubs from the North, we could all be forgiven for putting to the back of our minds the ticking time-bomb that is the ‘Health and Social Care Bill’