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…
Since the start of this year, UNISON has been working on securing a fair pay increase for council and school workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Following the results of this year’s ballot, UNISON’s NJC Committee (our national committee overseeing our work on NJC pay) decided not to take industrial action. Since then, UNISON’s…
From 23 May to 4 July UNISON held an industrial action ballot for council and school workers in England and Wales over pay. The results were sent out to regions and branches who have worked hard to share the ballot results with members. As this was a ballot of 345,000 members in more than 4,300 employers,…
The NJC joint TU Executive met on 15th August and are now able to give an update on the position for NJC pay. UNISON Executive Reps then met with Unite and GMB and the three unions stated their respective positions and discussed potential next steps. Unite reported that they now have a mandate for action…
Following a three week consultation period and consultative ballot, the majority of Nottingham City UNISON members who took part in the consultative ballot voted to accept the proposals. As three unions are involved (UNISON, Unite and GMB) we have to await the outcome of the other two unions’ ballot before proceeding. The contractual changes to…