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Left wing activists in the Unison union were set to meet this Saturday to discuss fighting the Tory cuts.

Activists are collecting names on a petition demanding an end to the victimisation of leading Newham Unison union activist Elane Heffernan.

Kirklees Council was forced this week to withdraw proposals it tried to impose on 1 September—because of threatened strike action by Unison and Unite union members.

Voting has begun in by-elections to the national executive committee of the Unison union.

The Unison union’s Greater London region is asking branches to lobby their bosses on Wednesday 29 September—the European day of action against austerity and cuts.

A campaign has been launched demanding an end to the victimisation of leading Newham Unison union activist Elane Heffernan.

Albert Bore, leader of Birmingham Council Labour Group and Caroline Johnson, assistant secretary Birmingham Unison, 16 September 2010

Many Unison union activists in Yorkshire and Humberside were shocked last week when John McDermott, a leading Unison union activist for many years, was barred from holding office in the union for three years.

Kenny Bell, the branch secretary of Newcastle City Unison and deputy regional convenor of the Northern region, has made an extraordinary intervention in the case of Yunus Bakhsh.

The proposed ballot of 8,500 Unison union members at Kirklees Council, West Yorkshire, has been suspended as the council blinked first in the long running dispute over cuts.

There was a huge amount of trade union turnout to support Martin. There were banners from the national NUJ, South Yorkshire NUJ, London Fire Brigade Unison, CWU South Central No1, RMT European Passenger Services and Haringey trades council.

Bolton Unison union called a lobby of the council for Wednesday of this week over plans to make £15 million worth of cuts.