Union Reps are the lifeblood of any trade union. Here, union rep Mervyn Sams explains a bit more about the role. “The work that reps do in recruiting, organising and supporting members is key to the strength of UNISON. As the levels of involvement and participation are increased, this can …
Errors made to payment of salary can cause financial hardship. Mervyn Sams, Capita Rep was asked by a member to try and sort out an issue with the wrong salary being paid. Capita management had passed her issue around three different managers, which delayed correcting the problem for many weeks. …
Like with most employers where UNISON is the recognised trade union, UNISON has a regular negotiating meeting with Capita, which we call a Joint Consultative Committee (JCC). UNISON Reps attend, along with Capita senior managers. The meetings are minuted and actions reviewed at subsequent meetings. If you would like something …
Council plans to outsource public service provision to ‘staff mutuals’ should be subject to a ballot of employees and not be ‘forced through’ against their will, Co-operatives UK and the TUC have warned. The two umbrella groups – representing co-operatives and unions – say that the views of workers should …
This edition of Branch Lines features a few of the ways you can save money through your UNISON membership. Help with the weekly shop One …
DV advice Did you know that some UNISON Reps are trained to advise on Domestic Violence issues? Since our last edition of Branch Lines we have supported a female member in this position. For more info, please contact the Branch office. Insurance increase UNISON’s free personal accident insurance and death …
NJC Local Government After discussion at its Branch Committee, UNISON West Sussex believed the most appropriate pay claim for 2014/15 would be for ‘a minimum increase of £1 an hour on scale point 5 to achieve the Living Wage and the same flat rate increase on all other scale points’. Most …
West Sussex Youth Services have been hit by a massive additional cut of £950K, on top of an already anticipated £700K. So £1.65M will be cut from April 2014, and this means 118 essential youth work jobs supporting our young people are to go. UNISON Branch Secretary Dan Sartin spoke …
Multinational firm Capita plc won the contract to supply West Sussex County Council ‘back office’ functions for ten years from October 2012. Since then, the relationship with UNISON did not get off to an auspicious start. A number of consultations were started suddenly, some on redundancy, without warning and in …
Every UNISON member is entitled to use the union’s free personal injury legal service through the union’s solicitors Thompsons. They will often take cases that claim companies and ‘no-win no fee’ solicitors will not. Also, they don’t take any cut of damages awarded. This is one of the many benefits …