Branch elections 2017
Now is the time to put forward your nominations for election as a branch officer, to serve the branch during 2017/18. The deadline to send …
News
Children’s prevention: branch at Select Committee
West Sussex County Council is finalising a major restructure exercise which will impact on over 500 staff who provide support to vulnerable children and families. Such …
Winter Fuel Grants: Apply now!
UNISON’s 2017 winter fuel grant programme has been launched. Grants of up to £50 per household are available to help members in low-income households. To …
Dave Prentis writes on the West Sussex school funding crisis
The funding crisis facing West Sussex schools has been highlighted by UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis on his blog. Dave clearly describes the problems facing …
CHPI: falling standards of privatised adult social care
The Public Sector Executive website reports that, according to the Centre for Health and the Public Interest (CHPI), increased privatisation has caused the quality and staff conditions of adult social care to decline significantly over the last twenty years. It found that private social care staff receive a ‘considerably lower’ …
LATC threatens staff pay cuts
The local authority trading company (LATC) Tricuro, set up by Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole councils to provide care for elderly and disabled people, has announced …
We’re hiring! Branch vacancy available
Could you work for a branch of Britain’s largest public service trade union? Our busy Branch office in Chichester has a vacancy for a Branch …
New regulator for social workers in England
The government is proposing to set up a new regulator for social workers in England. UNISON has been invited to sit on the advisory board. We need you to tell us how the new regulator should operate. The government is currently in the process of making significant reforms to social …
Council workers strike over privatisation of children’s services
Members of Unison, GMB and Unite in Sandwell Council, West Midlands, voted overwhelmingly in favour of the strike action, in response to the decision to set up a private children’s trust. Earlier this year it was decided that Sandwell’s struggling children’s services department, rated as ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted in June …
Branch Lines available now!
The latest edition (Autumn 2016) of Branch Lines is now available for you to download. It includes several important topics that impact directly on our …