Health workers organising for strike action on N30

The website of UNISON's East London Mental Health branch (http://www.eastlondonmentalhealth.com/) is a showcase for an organising approach to mobilising for a "YES" vote for strike action in the dispute over pensions.

It sets out clearly the impact on members of the Government's cash grab from the NHS Pension Scheme and makes a clear cut call for action.

Similarly, the London Ambulance Service branch website (http://www.lasunison.com/) sends an unequivocal message with Branch Secretary (and NEC member) Eric Roberts offering a pensions history lesson which goes back further than anything I've read (http://ericsblog.lasunison.eu/?p=828).

The Haringey Health branch meanwhile provide excellent links to the pensions campaign information on the national website (http://www.unisonharingeyhealth.co.uk/).

Our members in health haven't seen a national dispute on this scale in a generation - but then the living standards of health service workers haven't faced such an assault for even longer.

The pensions dispute hits UNISON members in all our service groups and is an opportunity for us all to help and support each other as we work together to support our Union as it prepares for our biggest strike and greatest challenge. My branch has offered help to the local health branch and I hope everyone else is doing the same.
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