Is OFSTED a political tool? Do we need SATs? Do teachers need to be qualified? Are standards falling in our schools? Can academies solve the pressure on school places? Why do teachers strike? Should all schools be maintained by local authorities? Warwick Mansell, education journalist and author (Chair) Christine Blower, …
David Hammond, Branch International Relations Officer, writes: On Monday 10 March I travelled to my first South East AGM and Committee Meeting at Unison Centre Office in Euston Road London, as the International Relations Officer for UNISON West Sussex. I was looking forward to attending the meeting to find out …
A UNISON National Pensions Officer will be visiting West Sussex on 9th May, holding individual LGPS pension surgeries for members. Surgeries will last for 20 minutes each and be a good opportunity receive advice on members’ LGPS pensions and how the new LGPS scheme might affect retirement planning. The Branch …
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The NUT has announced it intends to take national strike action in a dispute over teachers’ pay, pensions and conditions. They are intending to take this action on 26th March. UNISON West Sussex advice to members: We support the action of our colleagues in the NUT, and respect the rights …
The Branch Committee would like to invite all members to the Branch’s Annual General Meeting for 2014. Download the AGM papers here. This year we will be holding our AGM over three dates and venues, and we hope you will be able to make one of them. Monday 10th March …
The NJC Trade Union Side met on Wednesday to discuss the failure of the employers to make an offer, the likelihood of any offer being 1% and the link to the National Minimum Wage. Following discussion, the following statement was unanimously agreed: This NJC Trade Union Side: Deplores the Employers’ …
More than 150 Yorkshire care workers are to begin a week-long strike on 27th February over savage attacks on their pay, including axing sick pay, holiday time and weekend and night work bonuses. Care UK took over services last year to provide care for vulnerable people in their own homes …
UNISON West Sussex Members attended a Don’t Cut Us Out-organised protest against £100million+ cuts to the West Sussex County Council budget on February 14th. With a turnout of over 150 people, including services users from vital Council-run and -funded day centres, the heavy rain did not dampen the spirits of the …
UNISON and the other local government unions have lodged a formal dispute with the Local Government Employers covering England, Wales and Northern Ireland over the failure to make a pay offer on 14 January. The letter to Sarah Messenger, the employers’ secretary on the National Joint Council for Local Government …