Local Campaigns

Zena Dodgson (pictured left), UNISON Branch Secretary and Trade Union Facilitator in Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust, is facing attack from the management of the NHS Trust where she works – again. Below is some information she has sent. She is asking anyone who can to email / write to the CEO of Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust, expressing our concerns. Zena writes: “The Trust intends to withdraw my elected Trade Union Facilitator (TUF) seconded post on 16th October. This is an outrageous attack on union democracy, and on me personally. The effect will be to weaken the Trade...

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Please rush messages of solidarity to unison.sysxhealth@gmail.com On Friday 8th July 2011, UNISON, along with 4 other Unions, lodged a formal Notice of Dispute against Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust. This dispute relates, although not exclusively, to issues arising from the Trust’s failure to adhere to agreed policies and procedures. These include: • the Trust Recognition Agreement, Pay Protection Policy, and Grievance Procedure; • failure to respond to Union queries regarding policies and procedures; • failure to adhere to employment law, e.g. the Employment Relations Act and the Employment Rights Act; • failure to adhere to Health and Safety...

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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). Representatives from user groups at Surrey’s threatened libraries held a ‘council of war’ last night and agreed unanimously to defend ALL our libraries against plans to close them or to get rid of professional staff. Alongside UNISON, they voted to send an open letter to the leader of the council, signed by user representatives at all the eleven threatened libraries and to lobby the council cabinet on 26th July. The Council’s...

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Save Surrey’s Libraries Thursday 16th June, 5.30pm till 7pm UNISON Regional HQ, Ranger House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford Our libraries are under attack. All over the country library staff, unions, library users and communities are getting together to protect their libraries. Authors, playwrights, actors and other celebrities have pledged their support by giving talks and organising protests and read-ins. As you will know, in Surrey, the council intends to close the mobile library service and is threatening 11 of the smaller and more rural libraries with closure if the community is unwilling or unable to take them over. This...

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Surrey County Council Trades Unions (SCCTU) and Save Our Services in Surrey (SOSiS) are coming together for a meeting initiated by UNISON to discuss the Hands Off Our Pensions campaign and specifically the planned strike action on 30th June. All the unions who are preparing to strike, plus reps from many other unions and from the anti-cuts groups will discuss what we can all do to support the day itself and to prepare for future action which may involve a wider layer of unions including UNISON. A Surrey-wide Pensions Campaign Committee may be elected. This meeting will be on...

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