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Election roadshows coming your way
Officers from UNISON West Sussex will be visiting WSCC hub offices around the county to help raise awareness of the union’s General Secretary election taking …
West Sussex Branch nomination for General Secretary
Branch Committee decided to nominate John Burgess for the position of the union’s General Secretary in the November election for the following reasons: John is currently Barnet Branch Secretary: experienced, effective and understanding the issues facing branches; He’s standing on a social workers’ wage: motivated by principle, not by pay; …
Lobby MPs against the Trade Union Bill
Join union members from across the UK for a rally and lobby of MPs against the undemocratic Trade Union Bill. UNISON thinks MPs should be …
Further Education: resounding rejection of 0% offer
UNISON further education (FE) members have angrily rejected The Association of Colleges’ (AoC) 2015 recommendation to its members not to pay a cost of living rise or move to the current Living Wage. In workplace consultation, 95 per cent of those voting rejected the offer, with twice as many colleges …
New branch Twitter channel launched
UNISON West Sussex has created another social media channel in an effort to keep our members better informed about issues affecting them. The new branch ‘Twitter’ channel is now live. You can find it by searching on Twitter for ‘UNISON West Sussex’ or using the handle @UnisonWSx. We will aim …
UNISON South East nominates John Burgess for Gen Sec
UNISON’s South East Regional Council has voted to nominate John Burgess (picture above left with Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell) as its preferred candidate for General …
Trade Union Bill: key points
A YouTube video explaining the key points of the government’s proposed Trade Union Bill is now available for you to view. In it, experts Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC explain how the Bill is, in their opinion: An assault on the industrial and political freedoms of trade unions; …
New buttons on our website home page
Five new buttons have been added to the branch website home page to make it easier for you to go directly to important and useful information. At the moment, these are direct links to: Our social media channels, Twitter and Facebook; The branch’s Capita research report and Branch Lines special edition; …
Trade Union Bill: help us fight it
Our rights and freedoms as trade union members are under attack. The government’s Trade Union Bill, currently before parliament, threatens the very fabric of our …