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CARE UK APPEAL
Please support the 50 workers at Care UK Doncaster who have been on strike for over 81 days since February 2014, making it the longest NHS related dispute in the history of the NHS. It was late last year that Care UK announced that they wished to change the terms and conditions of those employees who transferred to them from the NHS when Care UK won the Supported Living Contract. In some cases the changes mean a cut of 50% to take home pay. It is clear that the employer intends to de-skill and dumb down the skill base enjoyed by the current staff and replace them with minimum wage carers, thereby reducing the quality of the service provided. Strikers continue to travel the country making their case and raising the issue at all levels. Leverage pressure is being put on Bridgepoint the parent company via pension funds in the UK and USA. But the strikers need financial support and solidarity to keep up the fight. Please send donations and messages of support to the Care UK Strikers at:
UNISON Doncaster, District & Bassetlaw Health Branch
UNISON Office
Jenkinson House
White Rose Way
Doncaster DN4 5GJ
RECRUIT A COLLEAGUE AND BUILD THE UNION
UNISON is a growing, campaigning organisation for support staff working in your university. Recruit a colleague to UNISON and you will go into a prize draw to win a weekend for up to two adults and two children at UNISON’s own Croyde Bay holiday resort in north Devon or an iPad.
Simply have a chat with people in your workplace about all the things UNISON has achieved and our plans for the next 12 months. Then ask them to join UNISON and make us even stronger in your university. Help them fill out the recruit a colleague form that can be obtained from your Branch, add your details in the recruiter section and send it to UNISON Office, Room 7518, Stoddart Building, Howard St, City Campus for your chance to go into the national prize draw.
If your colleague prefers to join online at https://join.unison.org.uk that’s not a problem. All you need to do is email their membership number, name, address and phone number to unisonadministrator@shu.ac.uk and include your membership number, phone number and address.
TUC MARCH: BRITAIN NEEDS A PAY RISE
Britain Needs a Pay Rise march and rally on 18 October
The TUC event begins with a march through central London, culminating in a rally in Hyde Park. There will also be demonstrations in Glasgow, and in Northern Ireland.
Comments UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis: “Our members are saying loud and clear that enough is enough.”
This is your chance to join hundreds of thousands of others in standing up for fair pay this autumn. Falling wages affect everyone, so members will be bringing their families and friends along too.
Train Tickets
PCS is likely to have a small number of spare train tickets from Sheffield and Leeds to London for the Demo on 18th October.
If members would like to buy them, they will be selling them for £20 each (return) which is equivalent to the cost of coach travel.
If anyone is interested please contact juanita@pcs.org.uk or her colleague Denise Senior DeniseS@pcs.orguk urgently.
Coach Tickets
UCU are running coaches to London on 18 October as follows:
YORK: depart 6.15am – Memorial Gardens, Leeman Road
LEEDS: depart 7.00am – West Yorkshire Playhouse LS9 8AH
SHEFFIELD: depart 7.45am – Paternoster Row (near Showcase Cinema) S1 2BX
To book seats on the UCU coach please contact Helen Sidlow, UCU Regional Office: Hsidlow@ucu.org.uk
DIARY DATE: UNISON SOCIAL 28 JANUARY 2015
Make sure you don’t miss out on the UNISON social event being held for members on 28 January 12-2pm make a note in your diary – more will be revealed in next month’s newsletter ……..
UNISON PERSONAL INJURY LEGAL SERVICE
UNISON PLUS OFFER
FOOD BANK UPDATE
Thank you to all the members who have kindly donated to the food bank collections.
The scheme is still running. If you wish to donate please see your local steward or drop your donation into one of the collections points.
UNISON BLACK MEMBERS CONFERENCE
Takes place between Friday 6 and Sunday 8 February at the Brighton Centre, Kings Road, Brighton.
The national conference of UNISON’s Black members’ self-organised group, to discuss issues and set policy affecting Black members.
Who should attend
To be eligible to attend the national Black members’ conference you must define yourself as Black and be a member of one of the following groups:
•branch Black members’ group;
•regional Black members’ group;
•national Black members’ committee;
•national disabled members’ committee;
•lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender committee;
•women’s committee.
Each branch may send six delegates to the conference, and delegations must be in line with UNISON’s principles of proportionality and fair representation (see conference bulletin for full details).
Branches and regions may send Black visitors to the conference. All expenses, including travel, must be met by the branch or region.
Registrations and enquiries
If you want to attend the conference, please contact your branch, who can register you as a delegate or visitor on the Online Conference System.
TUC MARCH AND RALLY 18 OCTOBER
Lucinda Wakefield is our branch contact for members who are attending.
More Transport Options
UCU are running coaches to London on 18 October as follows:
YORK: depart 6.15am – Memorial Gardens, Leeman Road
LEEDS: depart 7.00am – West Yorkshire Playhouse LS9 8AH
SHEFFIELD: depart 7.45am – Paternoster Row (near Showcase Cinema) S1 2BX
To book seats on the UCU coach please contact Helen Sidlow, UCU Regional Office: Hsidlow@ucu.org.uk
Train Ticket Options
PCS is likely to have a small number of spare train tickets from Sheffield and Leeds to London for the Demo on 18th October.
If members would like to buy them, they will be selling them for £20 each (return) which is equivalent to the cost of coach travel.
If anyone is interested please contact juanita@pcs.org.uk or her colleague Denise Senior DeniseS@pcs.orguk urgently.