eFocus -The weekly newsletter for all activists Comments from Dave Prentis, UNISON general secretary Photo: Dave Prentis
Quotes The 2% pay offer for local council workers that remains on the table from employers means our workers are finding it more and more difficult to make ends meet...
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 20 August 2007
Local government pay campaign UNISON sets sights on strike ballot
A crux meeting of UNISON's NJC committee today will decide whether to ballot for industrial action over the local government pay dispute in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
Union negotiators have been met with a "shameful lack of urgency" by employers, who have not bettered the 2% deal currently on the table.
  THE WEEK

Council workers vote for strike
(17/08/07) Edinburgh members set to take action over cuts

Standing firm
(16/08/07) Manchester health workers vote yes to strike action

Reprieve for senior care workers
(14/08/07) Home Office issues revised guidance for work permits

The evolution of devolution
(14/08/07) UNISON gears up for constitutional debate

  ORGANISING

Welsh police branches find some arresting recruitment schemes
It's no secret that recruitment is vital, but sometimes it can feel as though boosting membership is a well-kept secret

With the law on your side
The law may seem complex or remote - but as two recent cases show, for UNISON, it's about solving real problems for real people

  IN UNISON

Labour Link elections
Ballots for regional representatives open today

You've got mail
Don't ignore post from Forensic Risk Alliance

Fitness to practise
Urgent advice for regional officers and branches

Coming events
Including this week's CWU march and rally in support of postal workers

Training
Activists' training in your region
  KEY CAMPAIGNS

Pensions
Equal pay now
Keep the NHS Working

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