Last Sunday, 20th July, a group of Branch members visited Tolpuddle, the village in Dorset where trade unionism was born. In 1834, six village farm workers faced a concerted attack on the level of their wages by the landowner. They banded together, understanding that their only chance of improving their …
Thanks go to UNISON West Sussex pickets and our striking members who joined over a million public sector colleagues on July 10. It was a fantastic sunny day to have a strike, and our pickets had a lot of fun. Support from the public was tremendous. We await a substantially …
UNISON West Sussex Branch Secretary Dan Sartin was interviewed for the BBC’s ‘Sunday Politics’ show on Sunday 13th July. The topic for discussion was Thursday’s public sector strikes, and other panellists were Steve Brine, Tory MP for Winchester, and Layla Moran, Lib Dem prospective parliamentary candidate for Oxford West and …
The West Sussex branch has its own Facebook group. The group is a ‘closed group’ for Branch members only and a useful way of catching up with additional news and information posted by the Branch and other Branch members. Because it is a ‘closed group’ page, you have to have …
The union is asking members to strike on July 10 because you have lost thousands of pounds in basic pay since 2010. See the impact of four years of pay restraint at the following Spinal Column Points (SCPs) below. What will it take to reverse this trend? Can you afford …
More unions join July 10 There has been good news this week. A number of other unions have announced they are joining UNISON and the NUT to make July 10 a massive day of action on public sector pay and cuts. As well as UNISON and teachers in NUT, firefighters …
UNISON members in local government and schools have decided through a democratic ballot to take strike action over pay. We have done so because our take-home pay has fallen by a massive 20% in real terms since 2009. If our pay had simply risen in line with inflation, we would …
If I strike is it a ‘breach of contract’ and what does that mean? Do I have to tell my manager I intend to take strike action? Can I make up any pension contributions I miss? Can I get any financial support from the union to help with the loss …
UNISON’s local government and school support staff members in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be taking one day of strike action on 10th July in support of better pay. The decision was taken following a ‘yes’ vote in a strike ballot. UNISON West Sussex has announced it intends to …
UNISON West Sussex supports its members through a huge range of stressful and difficult situations in the workplace. Whether helping members through a redundancy sitution, providing individual representation or a simple piece of advice, UNISON is on-hand year round. Here are a selection of comments which have come into the UNISON …