One of our West Sussex branch Teaching Assistant members was awarded a £27,000 payout after intervention by UNISON’s solicitors Thompson’s. This followed an injury on the way to work. She was knocked-off her bicycle, hitting her head on the car’s bonnet. She broke her wrist but also suffered from ‘postconcussion …
Local libraries, schools, day care centres and fire stations are all public services. But all can be privatised or outsourced: run by companies that don’t …
UNISON is asking all its members to reject the employers’ two-year pay offer of 1% each year for the next two financial years (with some …
The council’s former Adult and Community Learning Service, now outsourced to social enterprise ‘Aspire Sussex’ has been rated as ‘inadequate’ by OFSTED just three years after it was rated as ‘good’, when under council control. It’s yet more evidence of outsourcing failure. UNISON said from the start that outsourcing was the …
UNISON West Sussex Branch Secretary Dan Sartin was invited to be on the panel at the national, formal launch of a book focusing on the …
We have a fantastic job opportunity in our branch for a Casework Coordinator. It’s a vital role supporting our 6,000 members. You’ll advise and represent …
UNISON is recommending that members reject the 1% pay-rise offered each year for the next two years by employers. We believe our members deserve better. To find out the strength of feeling from members, UNSON is organising an electronic consultative ballot. This is not a formal strike ballot. Feedback from …
UNISON West Sussex represents over a hundred employers across the county. In most of them we have workplace reps. They are the first port-of-call for any employment-related individual or collective problems you may have. However, in some employers we currently have no reps. This can be for a wide variety …
The NJC employers’ side has offered a two-year pay deal for two consecutive 1% increases in pay, for 16/17 and 17/18. There are slightly higher …
The West Sussex County Council (WSCC) budget will be bad news for staff and residents from April. Central government has hit the council with an unexpected £31.7m cut. This was announced late in Parliament on the 17th December, giving little time to prepare plans. Taking into account funding pressures in …