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 …
Low-paid members can apply for a one-off winter fuel grant of £40.00 per household from the union. To be eligible: You must be a member …
The latest Autumn/Winter 2015 edition of our newsletter ‘Branch Lines’ is now available for you to download. Download Branch Lines This follows distribution of paper …
Branch Secretary Dan Sartin led the West Sussex Branch lobby of MPs aiming to persuade them to vote against the government’s Trade Union Bill, or …
UNISON West Sussex has launched @UnisonWSx, a Twitter to keep our members better informed about issues affecting them. You can find it here or by searching on Twitter for ‘UNISON West Sussex’. We will be tweeting content throughout the week, including information about local events and decisions impacting on you. We’ll also be retweeting other Twitter users …
The Paris climate demo on 12th December is cancelled but you can join the marches in the UK. Marches and rallies: Saturday 28 November Cardiff …
A new group ‘Refugees Welcome – Crawley’ has recently been set up in Crawley in conjunction with Citizens UK as part of their resettlement campaign. …
UNISON members in academies run by the United Learning Trust (ULT) have voted to accept the employer’s final pay offer of a 1% pay rise on all spinal column points. ULT also offered to increase support staff salaries at the lower end of the scale to £7.85 outside London (based …
On 10 November University and College Union (UCU) members working in most further education colleges in England will be taking strike action in response to the pay offer by the Association of Colleges. UCU is not however taking action in Northbrook College due to a local agreement with the UCU …
November is the TUC’s third annual Young Workers’ Month. This year UNISON West Sussex Branch is teaming up with West Sussex County Council to bring you the first ever …