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Roger Bannister
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29 January 2005
UNISON MEMBERS deserve a better choice in this election than which Labour Party member becomes general secretary"...
22 January 2005
Break from the party that attacks our pensions: THE ELECTION for general secretary of public sector union UNISON is under way - giving UNISON members an opportunity to register their disgust at their treatment by the Labour government and the Labour Party...
15 January 2005
A workers' leader on a worker's wage
SOCIALIST PARTY member Roger Bannister will be challenging public sector union UNISON's link with the Labour Party in the forthcoming general secretary election...
11 December 2004
Challenge to UNISON'S Labour links by UNISON general secretary candidate
UNISON's forthcoming General Secretary election will see a clear challenge to the union's links with the Labour Party given the announcement that North West NEC member Roger Bannister has secured sufficient branch nominations to contest the election.
4 December 2004
UNISON general secretary election: A fighting programme to defend pensions
"YOU'VE GOT five months to save your pension." That's how Roger Bannister, who is standing in the general secretary election campaign in public sector union UNISON, described the threat to council workers' pensions...
20 November 2004
UNISON elections - nominate Roger Bannister
THE GOVERNMENT'S latest proposals on council workers' and other public sector staff's pension schemes will mean higher contributions but lower pensions, based only on basic salary and taking no account of overtime or weekend payments...
13 November 2004
UNISON: Nominate Roger Bannister: "TWO MILLION council workers have been lumbered with a pathetic pay deal for three years, now the government is making further attacks on our pension scheme."...
30 October 2004
SOCIALIST PARTY member Roger Bannister is standing for election as UNISON general secretary...
23 October 2004
For A Fighting Unison Leadership
UNISON general secretary election: THE GENERAL secretary election in public sector union UNISON has started. Socialist Party member Roger Bannister is standing as: "A fighting general secretary on a worker's wage". Roger spoke to the socialist this week about...
5 June 2004
Bosses Want Deregulation - Workers Need Organisation
SINCE THE Thatcher era it has been common for Britain's trade union leaders to uphold the European "social market" economy against the American deregulated economy, (abandoning any concept of socialism, even as an ideal, at the same time)...
9 November 2001
Links With Labour Debated As Unison United Left Launched
On 3 November 150 UNISON activists met to launch United Left. They debated many key issues including the war, privatisation, struggles such as Hackney, the union's political fund and the fight against...
22 June 2001
SHOWING THE pressure the union leadership is under, new general secretary, Dave Prentis, announced he had "personally promised" the government that there would be disputes in all 29 PFI hospitals if UNISON members' jobs continue to be privatised, writes Bill Mullins.
13 April 2001
Knowsley Unison - Council Concedes Historic 35-Hours For All Deal
UNISON MEMBERS in Knowsley council on Merseyside have won a major victory in defending their 35-hour working week and extending it within the council workforce...
11 February 2000
Bannister rocks UNISON leadership
ROGER BANNISTER'S campaign in the UNISON general secretary election is rocking the confidence of the national full-time officials and the establishment candidate Dave Prentis...
21 January 2000
AFTER THE government's NHS pay announcement, Socialist Party member and Campaign for a Fighting and Democratic UNISON (CFDU) candidate for UNISON general secretary has called on the union to reject the insulting offer and reinstate the ballot for strike action amongst UNISON's NHS ancillary staff...
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