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Youth Service Cuts Announced

July 12, 2011
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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...

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Introducing Dominic Raab MP to the truth on trade unions

July 12, 2011
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Introducing Dominic Raab MP to the truth on trade unions

Below is a letter sent to the Surrey Herald in response to a nasty piece of gutter journalism by Dominic Raab making serious misrepresentations about the work of trade unions. Chris Leary, communications officer, picks up the issue and responds with something called “The Truth”, a strange concept to Tory MPs it would seem…...

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UNISON members supporting teaching, civil servant unions on June 30th

July 5, 2011
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UNISON members supporting teaching, civil servant unions on June 30th

SOSiS Secretary Paul Couchman reports on the day Surrey public sector workers stood up in defence of their pensions. “Camberley has never seen anything like this before” said Ted Truscoe from the NUT as a human stream of mainly young people with balloons, flags and banners marched around the town centre on their way...

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New Organise issue shows that we CAN resist attacks on pay, services

May 23, 2011
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New Organise issue shows that we CAN resist attacks on pay, services

The new issue of Organise, the newsletter of Surrey County UNISON, is out now. It is being emailed and mailed to all members, but you can download it by clicking on this link. This 20 page bumper issue includes a special Editorial, reports from the UNISON National Women’s Conference, the TUC March for the...

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Save Surrey Libraries

May 19, 2011
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Save Surrey Libraries

UNISON are holding a meeting at 5.30pm on Wednesday 25th May at the UNISON office, Ranger House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, GU1 4UL (just next to Guildford train station). This meeting is an opportunity for library staff, local ‘Friends’ and interested councillors to raise awareness of the issue and continue the Surrey wide campaign....

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Surrey Pay – the latest updates

April 19, 2011
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Surrey Pay – the latest updates

UNISON members on Surrey Pay will have recieved a copy of the latest Newsletter containing information on the current pay negoiations, and why UNISON and GMB have walked out of them. You can download a copy of the latest newsletter by clicking here. Contained within that mailing was a ballot form on whether you...

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Demonstration against the cutter’s charter

February 9, 2011
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Demonstration against the cutter’s charter

Yesterday, over 50 UNISON members and supporters lobbied Surrey County Council as they voted to accept a massive programme of cuts to jobs and services. Dubbed the “cutter’s charter” by Surrey County UNISON, the largest union for SCC staff, the proposals included cuts to the library service (including the abolition of the mobile library...

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Join the lobby

February 1, 2011
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Join the lobby

Download this flyer in Adobe Acrobat format, plus special flyers for libraries, social care and youth services

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UNISON reaction to Surrey Council jobs announcement

January 31, 2011
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On the announcement that Surrey County Council are looking to cut nearly 650 full time equivilant jobs, Chris Leary, Communications Officer for Surrey County UNISON, the biggest union for SCC staff, said; “Surrey County Council definitely did not tell us of these job cuts. In fact, at a meeting with HR to talk about...

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Annual General Meeting 2011

December 29, 2010
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The Surrey County UNISON Annual General Meeting 2011 will be held on Wednesday 19th January 2011 at 12.00 noon at the Runnymede Centre, Addlestone. All UNISON members who work for Surrey County Council will have paid release time from work in order to attend, and you should liaise with your manager to get the...

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Pensions Dispute

For all the updates, news and info on the pensions dispute locally, please click here

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