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 Do you know a star in your local school?

The Branch is running a ‘Nominate a Star’ competition in order to celebrate the work of school support staff in Wolverhampton and to show how valued they are by their community. 
 This is part of a national UNISON campaign called ‘Stars in our Schools’ which recognises these ‘unsung heroes’ of the education system.
We are looking for members of non-teaching staff in Wolverhampton schools who you feel deserve to be celebrated and to rec...eive a prize. This could be a person who has provided extra support to a pupil in need or the person who makes learning interesting and accessible. If you know somebody who you think is a star, please nominate them for a prize.

You just need to tell us who you are nominating, where that person works, why you are nominating them and your own name.
 Entries can be posted to UNISON Wolverhampton General Branch, Civic Centre, St Peters Square, Wolverhampton WV1 1RR or emailed to wolvesunison@btconnect.com using the subject line ‘Nominate a Star.’ Entries must be returned by Wednesday 11th November.’

GENERAL SECRETARY ELECTION 
BRANCH NOMINATES ROGER BANNISTER
Roger is Branch secretary of Knowsley branch and has been a member of UNISON national executive since the unions inception.
Members of the branch committee felt in the challenging times ahead with the threats of the Tory Trade union rights bill (which will seriously curtail the activities of the trade union movement and our ability to protect members and terms and conditions) and the continuing attack on jobs and services, that Roger was the best person to lead our union.

Join us on 4 October

We need to start mobilising members now to make our voices heard

On Sunday, it will be just five weeks to the TUC’s demonstration in Manchester marking the opening of the Tory party conference by declaring: “No to austerity, Yes to workers’ rights”. It is no accident that the government is attacking our union at the same time that it’s attacking our members and our livelihoods. That's why UNISON activists across the country are mobilising to get members along to Manchester and show the strength of our opposition to these attacks. We are taking a coach from Wolverhampton  For info contact 554096 or email wolvesunison@btconnect.com

OLDER PEOPLES SERVICES

OPPOSE CUTS AND OUTSOURCING 
SIGN THE PETITION HERE

https://www.scribd.com/doc/272480325/Branch-Newsletter-20152

LOBBY AGAINST CUTS!
Join the campaign against proposed Council cuts in services
Attacks on elderly services, libraries etc will lead to privatisation and some 250 job losses!
join the lobby of Cabinet 
wednesday 22nd July at 5pm

Budget shuts public sector workers out of the recovery

Budget shuts public sector workers out of the recovery

Responding to the Chancellor’s Budget Statement today (Wednesday) Ravi Subramanian, UNISON West Midlands Regional Secretary said:

 

“Capping wages at a miserly one per cent for four more years for public sector workers will hasten the reluctant exit of many dedicated staff from our hospitals, schools and local councils.

 

The economy is growing yet public servants remain shut out of the recovery.

 

Despite bearing the brunt of austerity, they are to keep paying the price for the reckless behaviour of the banks.Britain won’t have public services fit for 21^st century needs, unless wages for public servants are high enough to attract the best recruits.

 

Pay austerity might be over for MPs but it’s set to continue for many more years for everyone else in the public sector.An hourly rate of £7.20 is not a living wage. George Osborne’s announcement might look attractive at first glance but as tax credits are cruelly snatched away – leaving many workers £1,200 worse off – he’s simply giving to the low-paid with one hand and taking away with the other.

 

An independently set living wage already exists, and its higher rate assumes the full take up of in-work benefits. Renaming the minimum wage will mean fewer employers will feel obliged to pay staff any more than the law requires them to.”