15,000+ petition presented
Campaigners presented a 15.000+ petition at West Sussex County Council’s full council meeting on 19th October. You can watch the whole debate on the webcast …
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Budget day: local government needs more resources
Today, Monday 29th October, is budget day and local government workers are looking for 2 things: More resources for essential local government services at breaking point; …
PRP briefing paper
The branch has produced a briefing paper on Performance-Related Pay (PRP) for members. PRP systems can look superficially attractive on first sight, but they have a host of pitfalls associated with them. What’s more, there is no evidence that they work. Download our PRP briefing paper
Housing support fund cuts – County Hall protest
West Sussex County Council has issued proposals which, if acted upon, would abolish the council’s ‘Supporting People’ fund. This fund is currently worth £6million and …
Littlegreen school – campaign gathers pace
UNISON is supporting parent campaigners and staff at Littlegreen special school in Chichester who are trying to get an academy conversion order overturned. UNISON is …
Adults’ Services: peer review and 100-day plan
“At West Sussex County Council there is a history over recent years of change at senior leadership level which has led to inconsistent leadership and …
Children’s residential care
Members in WSCC children’s residential care homes contacted UNISON when presented with proposals to change on-call and stand-by arrangements. This would involve them having to …
Schools’ Forum: high needs must be adequately funded
The impact of cuts is one of the fundamental issues discussed at schools’ forum (SF). Our representative Keith Manville gives us an overview. “We have …
Rep Keith on high needs group
UNISON West Sussex workplace rep Keith Manville (Oak Grove College, Worthing) has been invited to become a member of the high needs block funding working group, a sub-group of the schools’ forum, of which Keith is also a member. Keith is one of the very few people actually working within …
Autumn Branch Lines out now
The Autumn 2018 edition of Branch Lines is now available for you to download! Branch Lines – Autumn 2018 edition Printed copies are being distributed …