UNISON Power were back at Glastonbury Festival this year, volunteering behind the bar, and raising money for the branch in the process. Over £1,000 will be added to the branch coffers, which will be used for recruitment and organising activities. The team worked four six-hour shifts on the Village Inn Bar, which was in close proximity to the Pyramid stage, so […]
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UNISON Power Branch have launched a recruitment drive by urging their members, ‘Don’t Keep UNISON a Secret’. Branch Secretary and Membership Officer Vakas Bhatti and his team decided they had to adapt to the rise in numbers of staff working from home and not become overly reliant on workplace stalls as a means of recruitment. […]
UNISON Power Branch has made a donation of £50 to three local mental health charities. You can click on the links below to learn about the great work they do: Adhar Project is a Leicester based mental health charity for the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups. Three Little Birds is a Nottingham & […]
Protest outside E.ON, Trinity House, Nottingham Friday 26th August 5.30pm A protest has been planned by Nottingham People’s Assembly, to take place outside of Trinity House. We have engaged with E.ON leadership team regarding this, to ensure stringent security measures are in place at all of the E.ON sites. Although we are only aware of […]
Link below to the latest update from UNISON Power branch; UNISON Power Newsletter 03/11/2021
Please see link below to UNISON Power Newsletter for July 2021 Newsletter July 2021
Across the world of work the current Covid lockdown has placed increased pressure on members who have had to adapt to working from home. While last year this looked like it might just be a temporary measure, we are now approaching a full 12 months where this has been the norm. Although British Gas responded […]
We sent out an email communication at the beginning of July around the furlough scheme. We were concerned that colleagues who are furloughed beyond the 1st August would see their wages reduce to 80%. Our request was for E.ON to continue topping up wages to 100%, but unfortunately this wasn’t possible. We held further discussions […]
Despite the Covid-19 restrictions UNISON, alongside the other TUs has begun the formal process of consultation about the impending transfer from E.ON to MDS – our first formal meeting took place on 10th July 2020 at which we were joined by representatives of MDS. UNISON is pleased to say that we are being represented in […]
Following the announcement from the company on Wednesday 8 July, which outlined changes to the future operating model and organisation within E.ON UK, we want to assure you that we will be in regular dialogue with the company to understand how this will affect our members. Concerns have been raised around the transition to E.ON Next, especially […]