Congratulations to the Winner of Sandwell UNISON’s Stars in Our Schools 2021 – Ellie Sayce, Teaching assistant, Main First Aider, Therapy Dog Handler at Moat Farm Infants. Here’s some of the things about Ellie. “ Ellie always amazes me, she has so many different roles and is amazing at each one. She juggles everything …
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Despite already being fired and rehired to remove them from national NJC pay, terms and conditions – UNISON members at two leisure centres have voted overwhelmingly to continue their fight. On an 83% turnout members voted by 85% for industrial action. UNISON has already been in official dispute with Sandwell Leisure Trust for over 12 …
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Strikes at Serco in Sandwell have won an improved pay offer to all staff there. The offer is as follows:- Summary Pay offer Serco will: 1. From 1st April to 30th Sep 2021 backdate pay for all employees by 1.75%. 2. From 1st October 2021 increase pay for all employees by a further 2.25%. 3. …
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Phased down and out at COP26 World leaders are not yet ‘sufficiently prepared’ to take the necessary decisions to cut emissions, says UNISON’s COP26 delegate Stephen Smellie As proceedings ended at COP26 late on Saturday night, the Glasgow Climate Pact joined a long list of previous agreements, arrived at by world leaders, that have failed …
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Joint Trade Union Statement-Walker Grange The Joint Trade Unions sent the attached statement to all Cabinet members at Sandwell Council on 11 November. We have noticed on social media that politicians have already stated that the home is to be saved. This is welcome news. Public services should be provided by the public sector and …
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After 10 years of austerity and now promises of ‘levelling up’, Chancellor Rishi Sunak and the government are instead letting public services down. The damage to our essential services is clear to see. The NHS, social care, schools, policing and local government are all underfunded and undervalued. But we cannot let our key services be …
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starspostcard It has been an incredibly challenging year for all staff working in our schools. We know all staff have, and continue to, help our children learn during the dangers and difficulties of the pandemic. UNISON wants to celebrate some of the amazing things Support Staff have done in Sandwell’s schools, which is why we …
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UNISON’s NJC Committee, representing 400,000 members in local government in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, agreed to ballot members for industrial action over pay. UNISON members in local government were asked to vote on the employers’ pay offer of 1.75%, and 79% voted to reject it. This overwhelming majority makes clear the strength of feeling …
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Thanks to all members who took part in the consultative ballot on the 2021 NJC pay offer of 1.75%. The results were 76% to REJECT the offer (404 votes) and 24% to ACCEPT the offer (126 votes). The votes from the Branch have been submitted to the Regional office and the national NJC committee meets …
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Branch members covered by NJC pay, terms and conditions have been emailed a link to vote on the pay offer for 2021. Click on the link in the email to vote to reject or accept the 1.75% pay offer. At a time when RPI inflation is already 3.8%, with fuel bills set to rise dramatically, …
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