Just a quick update from the Branch Committee!
The Branch Executive on Tues 7 Nov. 2006 voted to donate £500 and to send a message of support on behalf of Doncaster Unison to those members in Coventry fighting against the ravages of an imposed Single Status deal.
The action in Coventry continues on a rolling, selective basis with new groups of workers being brought in to all out strike action. It speaks volumes about the detrimental impact of Single status and Job Evaluation on large numbers of often low-paid workers that the membership has felt it necessary to take such determined action.
With Single Status disputes rearing up in other parts of the country, most notably Glasgow, and with negotiations now taking place in DMBC over the implementation of changes to the Pay and Rewards system - the way you are paid, bonuses, premium payments etc., we are obviously going to have to work hard to keep you informed.
To this end Doncaster Unison is calling a Branch members meeting for the 6 December 2006 (venue to be confirmed). We recognise that it is not always easy for our members to get to meetings but would encourage all members to try to attend. The Council's proposals will have major implications for many of our members and it is crucial that you are involved at all stages in directing the negotiating position of your Union representatives. We are not here to reach cosy deals with the Council behind closed doors but to represent you and to reflect your views.
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Good luck comrades! Get in touch if you want to discuss recent developments in London (I am at jonrogers1963@btinternet.com).
Hi,
I'm having a go at putting together a blog aggregator for unions' and union activists' blogs at www.tigmoo.co.uk
It's aimed at getting more union people out of the woodwork and blogging. There are 7 million unionists in the UK (and 250,000 activists), so you'd think we'd have a higher profile in blogs, but not so. I reckon if we band together a little more to offer guidance and (more importantly) an audience to potential new union bloggers, we might encourage more of them.
Would you mind if I include your blog in the aggregator? It will scan it every hour or so for new posts and then add the title, opening sentence and link to a list which people can subscribe to by RSS, letting them directly into your blog's latest story.
If you're happy with this idea, could you please let me know (and any other comments) at www.tigmoo.co.uk/?q=contact ?
Cheers, John
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