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Next Branch Committee

The next Branch Committee will be held on Wednesday 21st December 2011 at County Hall, Kingston upon Thames. It will start at 1pm.



All branch members are welcome to observe the meeting - please let the branch office know if you'd like to come along.

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Ian MacDonald
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Pensions

PROTECT OUR PENSIONS

UNISON is asking its members to vote YES in the ballot for industrial action to protect public sector pensions.

Picket lines on the day, organised by Surrey County UNISON and GMB members, will include all the main council offices:
• County Hall and Conquest House in Kingston
• Quadrant Court in Woking
• The Runnymede Centre in Addlestone
• Fairmount House in Leatherhead
• The Absolute Building in Frimley
• Omnibus (AO2) in Reigate
• St Francis Centre in Guildford
• The Council Depot in Merrow, Guildford

Schools being picketted on the day include:
• Clifton Hill School
• Jubilee High School
• Pond Meadow School
• Woodlands School
• Warwick School
• Christ’s College School
• Ridgeway School
• Starhurst School
• Limpsfield Grange School
• George Abbot School
• Reigate College School
• Linden Bridge School
• Hermitage School

Note: Where a school is closed our members will hold a token protest outside and take pictures. They will then travel on to one of the Surrey joint union rallies (see below).

There will be pickets at most of the FE Colleges.

Most picket lines will be active from around 7am till 10am (with local variations) and members will then travel to one of the Surrey rallies:

Woking (Meet behind BHS at 11.00am, rally 12.00 at Owen House, Heathside Crescent)
Leatherhead (Meet at the Red House Grounds, Station Road at 10.00am, rally 11.00am at Leatherhead Theatre, Church Street)
Kingston (Meet outside Kingston University, Penrhyn Road at 10.00am, rally 11.00am at Richard Mayo Centre, Eden Street)

Further details of the arrangements for the rallies can be found at: www.handsoffourpensions.org.uk

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Current proposals mean that most people will pay more and work longer to get a pension that will be worth less.

UNISON has tried to negotiate in good faith for secure and affordable pensions – but ministers won’t listen.

Public service pay has been frozen while inflation soars. There have been widespread redundancies, cuts to pay and conditions and closures of the vital services our communities rely on.

This unprecedented attack on pensions is the final straw.

UNISON is balloting for strike action initially to start on 30 November. We are also working with other trade unions and community groups to organise local and national protests in support of public sector pensions.

We need a big YES vote and a high turnout to send a clear and united message to ministers that enough is enough and to help persuade them to withdraw their current unfair and unjustified attacks on pensions.

The ballot opens on 11 October and closes on 3 November.

Please spread the word so that your colleagues in UNISON vote YES in the ballot. There are posters and leaflets to put up and hand out, and plenty of information and FAQs on the website.

There will be a ballot hotline open from 17-31 October on 0845 355 0845.

Please vote YES to protect your pension.