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Author: Kate Ramsden

Conference

Changes to state pension hit women hardest

24 June 2016 Kate Ramsden

#uNDC16 The new single tier pension introduced in April is discriminatory towards women as most cannot accrue the same pension

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Conference

Keep public services in-house – better for staff, better for service users.

24 June 2016 Kate Ramsden

#uNDC16 UNISON will continue its fight to keep public services in-house and set out a range of measures to support

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Conference

Union organisation will defeat the Trade Union Act

22 June 2016 Kate Ramsden

#uNDC16 Scottish NEC member, Jane Carolan paid tribute to the magnificent efforts by this Trade Union to lobby on the

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Conference

Co-ordinated action key to pay justice

21 June 2016 Kate Ramsden

#uNDC16 UNISON will co-ordinate the fight for pay justice, decent living standards and the “real” living wage across the whole

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Conference Local Government

Oppose TTIP – a threat to public services.

20 June 2016 Kate Ramsden

#ulgc16 UNISON will press councils across the UK to oppose TTIP amidst serious and growing anger about the impact of

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Conference Local Government

UNISON will help youth workers and young people defend their services.

20 June 2016 Kate Ramsden

#ulgc16 Conference supported a campaign to protect vital youth work services which have been devastated in recent years and are

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Conference Local Government

Defending local democracy, jobs and services

20 June 2016 Kate Ramsden

#ulgc16 Local Government Conference slammed the Tory Government’s ideological austerity policies which are having such a devastating effect on local

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Conference Local Government

Disabled workers rights must be protected and improved

20 June 2016 Kate Ramsden

#ulgc16 Aberdeen City’s Deirdre Macdonald, in her maiden speech to conference, pledged to go back to her branch and work

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Conference Local Government

UNISON members bring hope to refugees

20 June 2016 Kate Ramsden

#ulgc16 In a moving debate, local government delegates made it clear that UNISON welcomes refugees and UNISON will take steps

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News STUC STUC 2016

STUC Women’s Committee – fighting for equality

20 April 2016 Kate Ramsden

#STUC16 UNISON’s Davena Rankin brought sororial greetings to the STUC Congress in her role as Chair of the STUC Women’s

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