Unison Herts

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Regards,  Keith Price
Branch Secretary

It's that time of year again for the Herts County Unison Branch Annual General Meeting on Monday the 29th March 2010.

It will be held in the Council Chamber of County Hall between the hours of 12 noon and 1.30 pm. The special guest who is coming to talk to us is the former MP and President of the Anti War Coalition - Tony Benn, yes the Tony Benn. It's because of this that this AGM promises to be a truly special occasion that will be well worth attending, so it would be great to see as many of you all there. Don't forget; it's your union and the AGM is your chance to have your say on how it's run, so come along!

Following discussions between the local authority and UNISON, it is now crystal clear that PAs undertaking assessments must cease to do so immediately. The role of the PA in undertaking assessments is a contributory one only. PAs must not undertake the assessment task, this is the role of a qualified social worker.

For further information please contact the Branch Office.

UNISON Local Government  is launching a wide-ranging, hard hitting campaign over local government pay, job cuts and privatisation in 2010/11

The campaign aims to highlight the importance of local government services and to engender public support for maintaining the current level of public services and fair pay and conditions of our members.  The campaign will focus on improving morale and the negotiating environment over pay, redundancies and service changes.

The campaign which is called ‘Better Pay, Better Services, Better Jobs for Local Government’ also aims to counter a number of significant threats posed by the possibility of a Conservative central government, which include de-recognition of trade unions, the end of DOCAS, a concerted attack on the Local Government Pension Scheme and attacks on facility time.

A leaflet describing the campaign can be found here. Branches can order copies of this ‘Better Pay, Better Services, Better Jobs for local government – Members Pay Leaflet 2010/11 through UNISON Communications quoting stock no: 2800)  Or you can download it by clicking the document on the right