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April 2005 No 54

News from the NEC

Jane Carolan's regular report was augmented this month by one from her other NEC colleagues Michelle Brankin, Jim Burnett, Margaret Dunbar and Angela Lynes.

Pensions: 220 MPs have signed an early day motion and Jane urges members to pursue their own MPs and check the UNISON website to see if they have signed. UNISON pensions seminar held..

Service Directive: UNISON's policy committee is working to challenge the Service Directive planned by the European Commission. A first draft would have been a blueprint for wholesale privatisation of services. This has been withdrawn but it has yet to be seen if the new one will be acceptable.

Pay Strategy: Reports commissioned on pay strategy now going out to service groups.

New Headquarters: As reported last month, because of the high cost of repairs to an out of date building, professional advice was being sought on a new build. The new build is now to go ahead.

Equal Pay: Reports on a number of cases the union is pursuing further where negotiations have failed.

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