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• Blackpool Against the Cuts - Protest 2nd May, 11.30am

  Created: Thursday, 28 April 2011 10:37

  "Blackpool Against the Cuts" are holding a protest meeting in St. John's Square,Blackpool on Mon 2nd May, 11.30am See the .pdf for more information  ...

• Branch AGM

  Created: Sunday, 13 March 2011 15:43

                   Branch AGM         Friday 18th March at 7pm St Kentigern's Parish CentreNewton Dr, Blackpool FY3 8BT             ...

• PROTECT YOUR PUBLIC SERVICES AND STOP THE CUTS

  Created: Friday, 25 February 2011 08:15

  Protest against the Cutsin Blackpool Saturday 26 February, 11 amBlackpool Customer First Centre, Corporation Street. Called by “Blackpool Against the Cuts” a coalition of public and private sector workers, students, pension...

• Blackpool Against the Cuts

  Created: Monday, 14 February 2011 16:51

  "Blackpool Against the Cuts" are holding a demonstration durring the next council meeting.  Unfortunatly this is durring the working day - Friday 18th February at 10am.  If you can attend they are meeting at 10am outside the town hall.Please see...

• COUNCIL DECISIONS IMMINENT

  Created: Thursday, 27 January 2011 14:41

  This Friday 28 January Blackpool Council will release the budget proposals to Unison ...

• Ballot Results

  Created: Thursday, 23 December 2010 11:55

  Results from the ballot on changes to Terms and Conditions Click here for a copy of ballot outcome letter ...

• Special General Meeting

  Created: Tuesday, 07 December 2010 16:48

  SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING Thursday 9th December 2010Commencing at 6.00pmBlackpool Opera House, Winter Gardens Branch members are urged to attend this vitally important Special General Meeting to discuss and VOTE on the Council's proposals to obtain your ...

• LOBBY OF COUNCILLORS

  Created: Friday, 05 November 2010 17:05

  LOBBY OF COUNCILLORSTODAY!!!  Assemble from 4.30pm on the Town Hall Steps to lobby the Councillors prior to the full Council Meeting THIS IS YOUR TIME TO BE HEARDSAVE JOBS, SAVE SERVICES ...

• Lobby of Lib-Dem Conference in Liverpool - 19th Sept 2010

  Created: Monday, 23 August 2010 00:00

  Coalition plans for the public sector will mean job losses, pay freezes, worse pensions and inadequate services for the public. They amount to the biggest assault on public spending for 40 years. These cuts will impact on every local government worker…...

• '£5 Million Discovered Down Side of Council Settee'

  Created: Monday, 02 August 2010 00:00

  On July 27, Blackpool Council (BC) declared that it will loan £5 million to The Pleasure Beach to fund a £10.3 million development. This is on the back of the announcement in June that up to 261 of its employees (now reduced to 70) were to be thrown ont...

• Lobby of the Council, 21 July

  Created: Wednesday, 28 July 2010 00:00

  Following the successful lobby of the full Council meeting on 28 June, UNISON organised another protest on Wednesday, 21 July, this time to coincide with the meeting of the Council’s Conservative-dominated Executive Committee. It was sitting to discuss ...

• KEEP UP THE PRESSURE – Save our Jobs and Services

  Created: Friday, 16 July 2010 00:00

  Further lobby of the Council Detailed negotiations between the union and council officers and a successful lobby of Conservative councillors have resulted in the number of likely compulsory redundancies falling from 261 to about 80 staff. ...

• More News from the Lobby of the Council

  Created: Friday, 02 July 2010 00:00

  ‘Blackpool Council handing out redundancy notices first then thinking later’ Leader of Blackpool Council’s Labour Group, Simon Blackburn, said he was delighted with the turn out of Unison members at the lobby of the Council meeting earlier this wee...

• PROTECT OUR SERVICES… Stop the Redundancies

  Created: Tuesday, 29 June 2010 00:00

  “This Isn't the End ... It’s Only the Start” That was the message of Simon Blackburn, leader of the Labour group of councillors, to a magnificent and defiant demonstration of 100 Blackpool Council staff on the steps of the Town Hall. His commen...

• PROTECT OUR SERVICES… Stop the Redundancies

  Created: Friday, 25 June 2010 00:00

  Lobby against Redundancies 28th June UNISON is calling on all members to attend the lobby of the Extraordinary Council meeting of Blackpool Council to protest against Government cuts in services and 200 compulsory redundancies. Blackpool Town Hall Mon...