Free eye test for members
In support of Road Safety Week (20-26 November – an initiative organised by road safety charity Brake), UNISON partner Vision Express is offering free eye …
News
National Funding Formula – what does it mean for schools?
There has been much talk in the media of a new National Funding Formula for schools. The government has moved £1.3billion from one part of …
WSCC: buying and selling annual leave survey
After a vote by some staff on the council’s ‘Big Conversation’ web page, WSCC is thinking about introducing a scheme for buying and selling annual leave (this would not affect staff in schools). UNISON has concerns about this sort of ad hoc policy-making, where national terms and conditions and how …
FE Pay Offer – consultative ballot now open
UNISON’s pay consultation for members working in Further Education colleges opened on Friday 27 October 2017. The consultation is being run as an e-ballot and …
Highways & Transport update
The County Council has been considering adding more services to the highways maintenance contract when the current contract with Balfour Beatty expires in July 2018. Services under consideration included: Customer engagement and stakeholder relationship management; Operations management; and Network management (including ITCS). Up to 85 staff could have been subject to TUPE …
New edition of Branch Lines now available
The Autumn 2017 edition of Branch Lines is now available for you to download: Branch Lines – Autumn 2017 Printed copies have already been distributed …
Member support
Support and representation from UNISON makes a big, positive difference at times of stress and uncertainty. You can read ‘what our members say about us’ via the ‘about’ section of our website. In September, the branch supported a member who had been dismissed following a seriously flawed and unjust disciplinary …
Capita insourcing makes BBC South Today
UNISON has welcomed the decision to “insource” admin jobs at the West Sussex multi-agency safeguarding hub that deals with children and young people. Administration at …
Know your GPF from your APF?
UNISON regularly lobbies politicians in the UK Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Assembly as part of our campaign work and to …