Surrey County UNISON

The 2011 Annual Report of Surrey County UNISON has now been published and you can download it in Adobe Acrobat format by clicking here.

The 2012 Annual General Meeting – to which all branch members are invited to attend – will be on:

Wednesday 18th January 2012
12.00pm – 2.00pm
Runnymede Centre, Chertsey Road, Addlestone

For members working in [...]

All UNISON members should attend the Surrey UNISON pre-strike rally:

Wednesday 23rd November
5.00pm – 7.00pm at the Runnymede Centre, Addlestone Road, Chertsey
Roger McKenzie, UNISON Assistant General Secretary, will be speaking
Find out more about picket lines, pick up goodies, and find out the facts about pensions 

On November 30th, up to 25 public sector unions will [...]

UNISON members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking industrial action to protect their pensions in the biggest ballot we have ever held.

Almost 250,000 public service workers including nurses, teaching assistants, social workers, care assistants, paramedics, police staff, school dinner ladies, probation workers and cleaners posted back ballot papers that said Yes to [...]

Dave Prentis, the General Secretary of UNISON, has sent this message to all UNISON members who are being balloted for Industrial Action on the Government’s proposals for public sector pensions. 

Vote YES to protect your pension

Soon you should receive a ballot paper asking you to vote for industrial action to protect your pension.

Look out for it [...]

At the TUC this week it became clear that the government has not been prepared to come to a fair negotiated settlement on public sector pensions.

We in Surrey County UNISON have been spreading the word around the county, explaining to our members that they will PAY MORE, WORK LONGER and RECEIVE LESS if the government [...]

Wednesday 7th September
12-2pm
Runnymede Centre, Chertsey

This Special General Meeting, designed for members who work for Surrey County Council, will discuss what the branch is doing around pay, around pensions and around other changes that the Council want to make.

This meeting is for all UNISON members who work for Surrey County [...]

You will be well aware of the current threat to existing library services in Surrey. The mobile library service is being axed and eleven local libraries threatened with closure if the local community does not take them over.

UNISON have been working extremely hard to raise public awareness of these issues and we have teamed up [...]

The latest issue of Organise is out now. It is being emailed and posted to members, and you can download a copy by clicking here.

Please make sure you fill out the pay survey.

Click here to complete the pay survey

Join the lobby of the SCC Cabinet to save council libraries: Tuesday 26th July, 1pm, at County Hall, Penrhyn Road, Kingston. Click here to download distributable flyers (PDF).

Library workers, users and friends will be breaking the cardinal rule of silence on July 26th when they lobby Surrey County Council’s Cabinet meeting to stand up and [...]

Surrey County UNISON, the union for youth workers in Surrey, can report that Surrey County Council’s slashing of youth services has begun – and that up to 100 youth workers will see their jobs go, and scores of services slashed away.

“Information from management so far is still incomplete,” said Chris Leary, Communications Officer for Surrey [...]