LATEST PENSIONS BULLETIN

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RETIRING?  STAY IN UNISON

If you've been a UNISON member for at least two years on the day you retire and have either received state pension age or get a pension, for a one off sum of £14  you can become a retired member



UNISON retired members enjoy all the benefits of UNISON membership including:


• Legal advice


• Welfare support


• Special discounts and offers on a wide range of financial and other services
 
For further info speak to Bob (retired members secretary or Kim on 554096)

PAY OFFER 2012/2013

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
UNISON has begun its campaign to achieve better pay.
They have written to all branches outlining the campaign . read here.
One of the actions has bee to write all Council leaders and Chief executives in England and Wales . read here

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Answer the call. Save the NHS

The hated Health and Social Care Bill could become law as early as next week. This means that there are only days to save the NHS as we know it, an NHS that is fair, efficient and more popular with the public than ever before.

This Bill will change all that and create an NHS where competition will replace compassion and profit will be more important than patients.
UNISON, the trade union that represents nurses, midwives, paramedics, cleaners, porters, clerks and many other NHS staff, has been opposed to the government’s plans for the NHS since the beginning. We have now been joined by nearly every royal college and NHS trade union in campaigning against the Bill.
The Bill has its third and final reading in the House of Lords on Monday 19 March – the last opportunity for politicians to block the Bill and stop it becoming law.
This could now be our last chance to block this Bill and save the NHS. Here's how you can help.

Actions

• sign the petition and ask colleagues, family and friends to sign it too.
• adopt a peer and send a letter asking members of the House of Lords to block the Bill. It only takes a minute to send a letter.