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10 January 2012
Unite rejects local government pensions offer
The government's latest proposals to cut local government pensions were rejected by Unite, Britain's biggest union, today (Monday, 9 January)...
30 November strike
20 December 2011
TUC lobby demands no retreat on pensions
Hundreds of rank and file union members lobbied the TUC's Public Services Liaison Group, angry at the prospect of their leadership agreeing to a rotten deal, writes Rob Williams, NSSN
Pensions strike. Pic: Senan
15 December 2011
No sell-out on pensions - Fight until we win!
Brendan Barber, TUC general secretary, argued at the TUC’s Public Sector Liaison Group (PSLG) that all the trade unions should sign up to the government’s latest ‘heads of agreement’ on pensions. This was met with outrage
3 November 2011
Unison: 78% of voters say 'yes' to strike
Members of UNISON, the UK's largest union, have today voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action to protect their pensions...
27 October 2011
The 30th November strike and the Fire Brigades Union
On 18 October, the Fire Brigades Union issued a statement explaining why it is not balloting for strike action on 30 November. Socialist Party statement and a reply from Ian Leahair, FBU Executive Council Member for London.
9 September 2011
Moves made towards public sector strike in November
Lobby the TUC this Sunday! Discussions are taking place in a number of trade unions – including Unison – that could result in a coordinated 3-4 million strong public sector strike of against pension cuts in November
Unison Social care workers on strike in Scotland, photo Duncan Brown
7 September 2011
Scotland - Unison calls for pensions strike
The mood among Unison members for strike action on being forced to pay more for a worse pension was driven home at the Scottish local government Unison conference on 2 September, writes a Glasgow Unison member.
2 September 2011
Scottish local government Unison calls for one-day strike on pensions
Scottish local government Unison conference has this afternoon supported a motion calling for a ballot and a one-day strike in the autumn on pensions...
20 July 2011
'No cuts' budgets or 'parallel' budgets?
Unison strategy to fight council cuts: At the recent Unison national delegate conference in Manchester, Unison's Standing Order Committee declared that the union could not discuss 'no cuts' or 'needs' budgets because it could place the union "in legal jeopardy"
Half-million strong TUC demo, central London, 26 March 2011, against the government's cuts, photo Paul Mattsson
22 June 2011
Unison conferences discuss action on pensions
In the days running up to Unison's local government conference, on 19-20 June, general secretary Dave Prentis made announcements to the press about strike action to stop pension attacks.
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