'Activists are the beating
heart of UNISON'
UNISON delegates in Glasgow today
agreed urgent plans to improve its organising in the shadow of the election
result and the Tories intensification of their austerity agenda and targeting
of trade unions.
With its new majority, the government
is expected to continue its privatisation and outsourcing of public services.
Its manifesto commitments to reduce trade union facility time and the threat to
end the DOCAS system of collecting member subscriptions will affect the union’s
ability to fight back against further cuts and privatisation.
UNISON is promoting a new,
whole-union strategy to increase reps, improve and adapt their training,
find new systems to allow activists to volunteer, and to support and nurture
existing ones.
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