A great victory for a victimised activist

Former UNISON activist, Yunus Bakhsh, has won a great victory for all workers - and all militant trade union activists - as an employment tribunal has ruled that he should be reinstated.

Yunus had previously won a finding of unfair dismissal after he was hounded out of his job by an employer determined to remove an effective union organiser. The reinstatement order is a thorough and resounding vindication for Yunus.

Serious questions remain about the role of UNISON lay and paid officials in the events leading to the unfair dismissal of a trade union activist, but now that an employment tribunal has ordered reinstatement of a victimised union activist it should be simple and easy for UNISON to lobby the employer to comply with the tribunal decision.

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Save Barts and the London

Launch meeting for the save Barts and the london campaign 18th April 7.30pm
Oxford House, Derbyshire St, Bethnal Green, E2 0PL

630 jobs at risk
200 beds under threat

We won't be made to pay, with our healthcare, for the bankers crisis.
We need a broad campaign involving health workers, trade unionists, local residents, service users, students, pensioners and everyone who cares about the NHS to be involved in a campiagn to stop this.

Last year a similar campaign defeated plans to shut the A&E department at tHe Whittington in North London.

Cameron and Clegg are weak over the NHS, their delaying of the Health Bill shows this. We have already had 3 demonstrations, the biggest one with over 1000 people, outside the Royal London we need to keep up the pressure and to do that we need a mass launch meeting.
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Vote in UNISON NEC elections

Ballot will open tomorow morning! So this is a call to all unison members to vote for the left slate in the UNISON elections.

Most people who vote do so as soon as they get the ballot form so its important to talk to members in your workplace in the next week or two!

Those who want publicity to hand out to members (in your own time not using union resources etc) please contact the candidates in your region or email me Marshajanethompson AT yahoo.co.uk

Why we are standing

We are angry at the Con Dem attacks on the Welfare State and public services. They are trying to make ordinary people like us pay for the economic crisis created by bankers’ greed. While our jobs, pay and services are cut, millionaires dodge taxes and bankers get billions in bonuses. Hundreds of thousands of us marched against cuts on the 26th of March – but what next? With fighting leadership UNISON can unite public sector unions and users and organise real resistance.

The present UNISON leadership have failed to lead action to stop the Tory assault.

We stand for: * Resistance to all cuts and privatisation * United industrial action to defend our pensions & a coordinated fight against the Tory pay freeze

* Opposition to all attempts to divide us – like Cameron’s attack on multiculturalism

* Only funding and supporting politicians who will join us in the fight against cuts. Labour councils should refuse to carry out Tory cuts and set needs budgets.

* Ending the waste of members’ money on witchhunting of left wing activists We are experienced activists from many backgrounds.

Unlike the present leadership – who are quick with words but slow to lead action – we don’t just say it, we do it. Vote for us and build the fight against cuts and to protect jobs, pay, pensions and services.

Elect a team for the battle

Click on the names for their nomination requests.

For a fighting democratic union.

NEC CANDIDATES 2011

NATIONAL Black Members

Female seats April Ashley and Bola George Male seat Hugo Pierre

National young members

Kieran Grogan

REGIONAL SEATS

Eastern region Male seat Martin Booth

Female seat Katie Collins

East Midlands region Female seat Jean Thorpe Sharon Vasselin

Male seat Richard Buckwell

Greater London region Female seats Marshajane Thompson and Helen Davies

Male seat Jon Rogers

Reserved seat Emilse Ocampo Medina

Northern region Female seat Hannah Walter

Male seat Dave Walkden

North West region General seat Tony Wilson

Female seats Bernie Gallagher and Karen Reissmann

Male seat Roger Bannister

Scotland region

Male seat Duncan Smith

South East region Female seats Diana Leach Emma Macbeth

South West region

Male seat Nigel Behan

West Midlands region General Seat Clive Shakespeare Female Seat. Vez Kirkpatric

Yorkshire & Humberside region

General Mike Forster

Female seats Angie Wallor Helen Jenner

Male seat Jim Board Reserved seat Victoria Perrin

SERVICE GROUP SEATS

Health Care service group Female seats Kate Ahrens and Shona Greig

Male seat Len Hockey

General seat John Malcolm

Higher Education service group

Female seat Carole Hanson

General seat Max Watson

Local Government service group

Female seats kathy Smith and Phoebe Watkins

Male seat Paul Couchman

General seat Paul Holmes

Energy

General seat Dave Kuivala