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UNISON have organised a meeting for members working at AO3 to discuss the closure of the building and the effect on staff and services. It is our opinion that there have been a number of issues handled badly regarding the closure. 1) Explaining the actual case for closure 2) Communicating the planned closure –...
To help us prepare for our meeting on Tuesday 17th August, we are asking all staff who work out of County Hall and Conquest House only to complete our short online survey. Click here to complete the survey!
The new issue of Organise! is out now and has been emailed to all members on email, and posted to all members for whom we do not have email addresses. You can also download a copy by clicking on this link. Featured in this issue are reports from the activists meeting, bullying in DCSF,...
All branch activists – officers, stewards, contacts, reps and anyone else who wants to get involved – are asked to come to a meeting on Wednesday 14th July at the Runnymede Centre, Addlestone. The meeting will start at 4.30pm and will finish at 6pm. The meeting will discuss the election of the ConDem government,...
This week, 28th June to 4th July, is Deaf Awareness Week. Nearly 15% of the population have some degree of deafness. Over 70,000 people across the UK use British Sign Language (BSL) as their first langauge, and deaf people still face major barriers in the workplace, with over a third of deaf people not...
The new Con-Dem government will announce a new “emergency” budget on Tuesday 22nd June, and so far, all they have promised are cuts, cuts and more cuts. Save Our Services in Surrey will be holding a campaign stall and protest outside of County Hall on 22nd June, from 12-1pm, to raise awareness of the...
Paul Couchman, Branch Secretary of Surrey County UNISON said: “Social Work Teams do an incredible job despite lack of resources” “The situation revealed by this programme comes as no surprise to UNISON. We have been arguing and campaigning on behalf of our members in social work teams for many months now (see articles below)....
The new issue of Organise!, the newsletter for all members of Surrey County UNISON, has been sent out by email and will be sent out by post the coming week for those of you we don’t have email addresses for – although you can also download it now by clicking here. This issue includes...
UNISON has a national priority to tackle bullying at work. Surrey County Branch has carried out a range of anti-bullying and harassment projects and represented dozens of members who have been bullied. We are also working with SCC to constantly improve their policies and procedures relating to bullying at work. UNISON nationally has conducted...
Update: The lobby of the council planned for this Weds 5th May is CANCELLED. This is because the main focus of the lobby was against the closure of Shortwood Infant School in Staines. The recommendation from the consultation is to NOT close the school but to merge it with two others, Knowle Park Infants...
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