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• UNISON delegates pass branch resources review

  15-06-2021 14:49
  
  UNISON’s special delegate conference today voted to pass the two-year work of the branch resources review, with its blueprint for helping branches to better organise in the future.
  The motion was proposed by UNISON president Josie Bird, who also led the review team of 24 lay members. Their work took into account the results of a branch survey, interviews with branch secretaries and conversations with over 3,000 activists in over 50 events.
  Ms Bird told the online delegates: “Branches
  
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• The pandemic has ‘exposed and exacerbated structural inequality’

  15-06-2021 13:24
  
  “We are pioneers this week.” That’s how UNISON president Josie Bird opened the union’s special delegate conference this morning – the first time the national gathering of activists has gone virtual.
  While UNISON had to abandon its national delegate conference last year, as the country was still struggling to cope with COVID-19 and lockdown, to do so a second time was never an option, she said, as the gathering was “the most important cog in the machinery of th
  
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• Councils in tourist hotspots overwhelmed with litter problems

  15-06-2021 01:33
  
  Visitors flocking to UK beauty spots are creating vast piles of litter that are putting enormous pressure on councils and their overstretched workers, says UNISON.
  The government must give proper financial support to ensure local authorities can maintain services and keep communities rubbish-free for everyone’s safe enjoyment, says the union.
  With people grounded for the summer once again, many are staying at home or heading to UK holiday destinations to enjoy beaches, the countryside
  
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