The group remains part of the Branch, is represented at Branch meetings, and has the support of the Branch. Members aim to support UNISON activity wherever possible. We are a rapidly expanding group, and would like to invite all retired UNISON members to join our lively gatherings. There may be an opportunity to serve on our committee. If you would like to be added to the Retired Members’ emailing list please contact the Chair, Christopher O’Neill.
Secretary: Angela Shale
Chair: Christopher O’Neill chrisoneill48@yahoo.co.uk
Retired members news and events:
- Retired Members social visit to Romsey – June 2023
- Motion to Branch Committee – Monument to Tolpuddle Martyrs – May 2023
- International Workers Memorial Day – 28th April 2023
- State pension increase 2023/24 – 23rd January 2023
- Attack on the state pension – 7th November 2022
- 2022 National Retired Members Conference report – 4th November 2022
- Inflation & local government pensions – information for Hampshire Pension Fund members – September 2022
- Response to HCC Concessionary Travel consultation – July 2022
- Report from Diana Barnes on Tolpuddle 2022
- Report from Diana Barnes on the NPC Pensioner Poverty Webinar – March 2022
- Questions to the General Secretary from the Retired Members Section – March 2022
- Winter Deaths Protest – 26th November 2021
- Chris O’Neill – “A step towards UNISON democracy for retired members”
- Chris O’Neill – “State pension increases 2022-23: Relevant to current working members”
- Report from the Retired Members National Conference 2021
- Chris O’Neill – “Rumblings on the State Pension” 01/07/2021
- Joe Hannigan writes to Alan Whitehead MP on Access to Cash
- Diana Barnes reports back on “Connections for all” webinar
- 20/02/2021 – Petition to Parliament to establish a National Care System
- Report on the National Pensioners Convention webinar “The Role of Ageism on Human Rights and Rising Hate Crime”
- National Pensioners Convention – “Excess Winter Deaths” – 27/11/2020
- Diana Barnes reports on NPC webinar: “Goodbye Cinderella: Time for A New Settlement for Care Services” – 10/11/2020
- On the General Secretary Election – 30/10/2020
- State Pensions Increase – 27/10/2020
- RMS Chair letter to the PM – 04/10/2020
- Good News on the State Pension? – 24 September 2020
- Report from TUC meeting on the state pension – August 2020
- Withdrawal of free TV licenses from pensioners aged 75+ – August 2020
- Open letter by the Retired Members Section on ‘Test and Trace’ 19/06/2020
- Retired Members Section on the crisis in UK care homes – 28/04/2020
- Retired Members Section on the HCC libraries consultation – 9th March 2020
- Update on state pension from Retired Members Section – 14th October 2019
- National Retired Members Conference – Initial thoughts from the Hampshire delegates – 14th October 2019
- Hampshire Retired Members statement on Government plans scrap free TV licenses for the over-75
- Standing up for pensioners rights – Petition concerning TV licences for the over-75 – 12th June 2019
- Retired members’ social in Romsey
- Thank you to outgoing Retired Member’s Chair, Diana Barnes – 8th May 2019
- Chair’s report to the 2019 Retired Member’s AGM
- Hampshire Unison Retired Members’ Social Events for Spring/Summer 2019 – last updated 21/01/2019
- Hampshire Retired Members’ AGM – 18th March 2019
- The Fight Goes On – Hands off our bus passes!
- Happy New Year from Hampshire Retired Members section – January 2019
- Intrepid bus traveller has a message for Hampshire
- National Pensioners Convention briefing on the October budget
- Support and best wished to members at Staffordshire University – Open letter from Hampshire Retired Members – 1st October 2018
- Hands off our bus passes! Open letter from Hampshire Unison Retired Members Section Deputy Chair
- Retired member section at Tolpuddle 2018