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If you are a Community UNISON member please ask your branch to nominate us. They have all been sent our nomination requests.
We deserve a Pay Rise!
Care and support staff wages in particular are under threat as unscrupulous employers deliberately underbid to win contracts then try and do their upmost to destroy TUPE protections.
Many Housing management organisations are cash rich after years of rent rises yet still refuse to give their staff decent pay rises. In the voluntary sector employers are funding the National Living wage by attacking terms and conditions and increasing workloads.
Both of us as NEC and SGE members have been working and campaigning with branches and regions to oppose these measures. We believe that Community members must play our part in opposing Austerity and arguing for an alternative economic policy. We need to pull together and get rid of the current UK government
We also support the Community specific campaigns below such as:-
Better funding & resources for branches that support Community members. Community workers often work for small employers and in isolated workplaces.
Campaign for Inclusive Workplace policies by employers
No public money for “union busters”. Any employer that does not have a trade union recognition agreement should be barred from grants or contracts from local or national governments.
Sector Wage Councils. Set up to decide the pay and conditions of all staff by collective bargaining including a living wage minimum for all Community workers and agency/sub-contractors.
UNISON Ethical Care Charter. All employers must be called upon to support and sign up.
Better governance and democracy. Increasingly many of our employer management boards are run by highly paid unelected and unrepresentative “elites”. There should be union employee representation on all Community Trust or management boards, especially remuneration committees (if applicable)
Defend Pensions. Protect the Social Housing Pension fund and the Pension Trust from further cuts. Access to a decent defined benefit pension scheme for all.
Better health & safety at work in particular protecting members by supporting the “End Violence at Work” charter.
Recruit & train more activists to support members
We believe that we would both work together well as your Community NEC team. While Denise’s employer is a charity, John’s is a housing association, so we represent and complement both of the major sectors in the Community Service Group.
If you would like either of us to come and attend a branch meeting or hustings (under UNISON election rules) then please let us know and if we can, we will be delighted to come and speak.
You can contact Denise by denise_thomas2@msn.com or John on john.gray2012@icloud.com
Part 1 was https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2019/01/nec-elections-2019-community-general.html
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