Please follow the link below to the latest Newsletter which includes details of:- The Annual General Meetings – taking place on 12,13,14,15 March 2024 Nominations for Branch Officers, Stewards, H & S Reps and ULR’s The National Delegate and Local Government Conferences taking place in June 2024 Membership Benefits UNISON Needs You – Information on…
Please see below the link to a petition that the Branch has created on Change.org to oppose the cuts at Nottingham City Council and call on the Council to immediately launch a campaign to secure additional funding in order to avoid any further cuts to jobs and services. https://chng.it/9mmnhyqqDr We advise that colleagues sign the…
Branch Officers will be at the following members meetings to share updates on our campaign to fight the cuts at Nottingham City Council – so please join us at one of the meetings. Tuesday 16 January – 4.30 – 5.00pmTeams Meeting – Teams Meeting Link Wednesday 17 January – 12.30 – 1.30pm Room LH3.19, Loxley House…
The NJC Committee proposes that the 2024 pay claim is for: An increase of 10% or £3,000, whichever is the greater A commitment to reach a minimum rate of pay of £15 an hour over the next two years, with a clear plan for how this will be achieved Reviews of the gender, ethnicity…
At UNISON’s LGBT+ conference in November, delegates welcomed the launch of The Year of LGBT+ Workers, which will take place throughout 2024. There are also some positive achievements to celebrate, including both national and local negotiated policies on discrimination and harassment against LGBT+ people. However, most importantly, members of the LGBT+ committee feel that the…
The Branch Secretary and Branch Chair have today issued a press release about the cuts at Nottingham City Council. Read the Press Release PRESS RELEASE 14.12.23
Nottingham City Council has issued a section 114 notice, effectively declaringbankruptcy, with a projected £23 million hole in the budget this year and ashortfall of £50.9 million next.The main cause of the council’s crisis is massive central governmentunderfunding since 2010, amounting to £100 million every year since 2013.Rather than fight the Government for more money…
Some UNISON members covered by the 2023 NJC pay settlement for England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be in receipt of Universal Credit. The pay award may result in a reduction in the amount of Universal Credit individuals receive as earnings will rise. The April 2023 pay award is for a consolidated pay increase of…
UNISON is the lead union for social workers, with over 40,000 social work members. Sadly, social work is a misunderstood role, and members often face a negative portrayal in the media. UNISON has commissioned a series of films about the importance of social work and how UNISON supports the profession. Working with 3 of our…
The TU Side has accepted the pay offer and are working with the employers to get it in members’ pay packets as a matter of urgency ! The NJC TU Side Joint Secretaries met on 1 November. GMB reported that their decision was not to take industrial action and to move to settle 2023 pay…