Potential support for a fight in UNISON stretches well beyond the existing organised left a month. An attempt by the Finance Officer to bang through a subs increase just 9 months after Unison was formed was vetoed by the NEC on the basis that it would never get through Conference. Very perceptive.
Paperwork
At branch level, activists are left to deal with mountains of paperwork.
In order to form a bona fide merged branch you have to jump through more hoops than Evil Knievel, and it's probably easier to get a Cup Final ticket than it is to get a membership application processed.
Finding out who your full time officer is and where they're based can make the hunt for Lord Lucan look like a doddle.
Meanwhile, the Tory government's relentless attack on the public services grinds on. Repeated calls from the rank and file for a serious response in-