Dogs and the Summer

Download the Information Leaflet HERE 

WEBINAR - HE Pay Campaign 2022 – Branch Briefing

Dear Members, We would like to invite you to a branch briefing webinar regarding the up-and-coming Pay Campaign. UNISON HQ will be holding a webinar to brief branches on the HE pay dispute and campaign plan to get out the vote on the strike ballot. The webinar will take place on Thursday 7th July from 12:30-13:30 and will be held on Zoom. All branch activists from higher education branches or other branches with higher education members are welcome. Please register your interest in attending the webinar below. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Register in advance for this meeting

UNISON National Delegate Conference 2022

The highlight of the UNISON Conference Callander is always the UNISON National Delegate Conference (UNDC). Over 5000+ members visiting from every region of the UK and delegates representing their members from all the service groups.

The excitement has been building for months prior to conference with the publication of the preliminary agenda. The first UNDC since 2019 it was expected to be magnificent affair. Finally coming together again to debate submitted motions, amendments and rule changes, that will set the UNISON agenda for the forthcoming year and beyond.

This year we seen over 200 submissions for business, to fit into four days of activity. It is with great sadness that the delegates where forced to act and stand up to defend our union from within instead of getting on and dealing with the important business.

Members of the elected body the National Executive Council (NEC) illegally changed the rules of the union for one person. Members our rules are there for the better of everyone. The rule was changed to let a member who had been dismissed from employment stay not only as a member of UNISON but also as an elected official. No ordinary elected official of the union but the President.

This fiasco took up the whole day of business on Tuesday and also the whole of Friday morning. Taking away valuable debates and time for delegates to get on with issues that matter to their members.

The conference passed a vote of no confidence in the NEC. The NEC should have done the honourable action and should have resigned, but they didn’t.

The conference passed a motion that unemployed members can no longer hold a place in the union. The President should have stepped aside, but he didn’t.

The NEC continued and dragged their heels on these motions and on Friday morning was taken up by forcing the NEC to respond by means of an Emergency Motion.

Delegates did manage to get some business and some vital important motions passed. Check out the @UNISONljmu Twitter feed with the #UNISONljmu #UNDC22 

For more information on this check out Roger McKenzie’s reporting of the conference in the Morning Star.

Branch Social Media

At UNISON@LJMU, we aim to try and keep you informed.

To that end, as well as the Branch Web Site, Blog and E-News. We also have the following Social Media Channels available for you to interact with.

https://www.facebook.com/unison.ljmu

https://twitter.com/UNISONljmu

@UNISONljmu

#UNISONljmu #UNISONtheUnion #UNISONinHE

https://www.instagram.com/unisonljmu/

https://www.youtube.com/c/UnisonLjmu/videos

https://www.unisonljmu.org.uk/

The Real Figures

LGBT+ Open Meeting

Dear UNISON LGBT+ Members and LGBT+ Allies,

The next Open Meeting will take place via Teams.

On Thursday 12th May from 18:00 - 19:30.

Please download the meeting paperwork from HERE as well as the pre-registration attendance link via Eventbright.

Members are encouraged to join our mailing list by completing the online form:

http://www.unisonnw.org/lgbtsubscribe

 

Also, follow us on social media:

www.twitter.com/unisonnwlgbt

www.facebook.com/unisonnwlgbt 

www.instagram.com/unisonnwlgbt 

The North West Regional LGBT+ Group looks forward to welcoming as many LGBT+ Members and allies as possible.

Insurance Scam Uncovered

Original Article thanks to UNISON YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE https://yorks.unison.org.uk/content/uploads/sites/31/2022/03/Active_Spring22_web.pdf

Domestic & Animal Abuse

Interesting article on the update of Domestic Abuse Law.

https://www.animaljournal.co.uk/article/welfare/domestic-abuse-animal

This change has been reflected both in Criminal Law and in Family Law which now both recognise, along with acts of violence and threats, a category of domestic abuse which is known as ‘controlling and coercive behaviours.

The Law has also been updated to include the use and abuse of animals.