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We have over 4,500 members in Plymouth in UNISON, with Branch Officers, Stewards and Health & Safety Reps located throughout the city you have a strong local Branch support network ready to help you wherever and whenever you need us.
Members in Plymouth in UNISON are people working in the public services, or for private contractors providing public services. They include staff working full or part time in local authorities, the NHS, colleges and schools and the voluntary sector. Employers include: Plymouth City Council, Livewell Southwest, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust and City College Plymouth. We negotiate on behalf of our members for better pay and conditions, help individuals in trouble and campaign for a safer, fairer society.
UNISON is Britain’s biggest union, representing more than 1.3 million members across the UK’s public services.
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All the latest news from your Branch and beyondCommunities face a £10 billion shortfall in funding for local services.
The government must fund local councils properly for the first time in more than a decade in order to keep communities safe and rebuild the country after the pandemic. Unless ministers fix the current funding shortfall – estimated to be in the region of £10bn –...
Class Sizes Soar in South West
An analysis released by the National Education Union reveals that, as of January 2020, some 21,250 more pupils in South West are in classes of 31+ than five years ago. In the region’s secondary schools this represents a 41% increase since 2015/16. The attached...
Back to school in September?
Staffing, safety and vulnerable children must be priority for schools’ return, says UNISON Responding to plans published last Thursday by the government for the full return of schools from September, UNISON head of education Jon Richards said: “Everyone wants all...
Schools and Council Staff. NJC Pay Offer 2020/21: Consultation Ballot
Everything comes at once doesn't it. Just as we are all dealing with the return to the workplace after lockdown (Not return to work, most of us have been working extra hard from home of through other special arrangements) Then the council announce a round of EVRS as a...
Are we leading the recovery or going back to austerity?
Plymouth in UNISON was devastated to be informed that Plymouth City Council will be offering another round of EVRS (a form of voluntary redundancy) to all staff this week. "This is a kick in the teeth for a staff team of people who have worked incredibly hard to...
NJC Pay 2020: consultation of members to begin in June
UNISON’s NJC Committee met on Friday 5 June, to consider feedback from regions and decide on next steps in the NJC pay negotiation process. Despite the recommendation of their negotiators, the Local Government Association have made it clear that they will not approach...