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		This week, I join with other general secretaries to launch the fight-back against the government's 2% public sector pay limit. We will be working over the coming months to disprove the myth that public sector pay fuels inflation and to get the government to abandon this policy...

17 December 2007

Prize-winning paramedic
UNISON member Steve Evans has scooped a national award for his lifesaving publicity campaign to teach teens about the dangers of alcohol and what to do in an emergency

THE WEEK

Ambulance plans trigger alarm
(11/12/07) Union fears increase in solo responses will put lives at risk

Social care shake up
(11/12/07) Changes to home care and community services must be properly funded, warns UNISON

Fight for free speech continues
(17/12/07) Union pledges continued support for sacked activist as strikers return to work

ORGANISING

A year of legal changes
2007 has seen a number of important employment tribunal and court cases which will affect members' rights at work

Answering the call of duty
Members working in police control rooms are the voice at the end of the line when the public needs help. But low staffing poses a serious threat to public safety

IN UNISON

Equal pay time limits
Updated advice for branches and regions

Service group elections 2008
Nominations for next spring's elections to the seven service group executives will open in January

National Black Members' Conference 2008
Final agenda and last call for emergency motions

Positively public
Download the December briefing for all the latest privatisation and campaigning news

Coming events
Including the dates and venues for all UNISON conferences in 2008

Training
Activists' training in your region

KEY CAMPAIGNS

Positively Public
Equal pay
Keep the NHS working

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