Stewards Required!Without stewards there would be no one there to act as the link between members and the union and to organise and support people in the workplace.What rights do you get as a steward?In workplaces where UNISON is recognised by the employer stewards have rights to time off for training and to carry out their work. This includes:· Meetings with members and management· Preparation and research· Keeping members informedYou will be entitled to training and mentoring.All new stewards are encouraged to take advantage of the courses unison offers. There are a wide range of courses many of which are provided on a local level.Support and advice are readily available.Colleagues, workplace contacts and more experienced stewards, health and safety reps and branch officers will all help you. Most branches will make sure that reps have details of local union officers who can give prompt advice and guidance. Your regional organiser, regional education officer, women's officer and branch support teams are based in the regional office and can be approached for assistance through your branch secretary.Contact office@oxfordcityunison.com or speak to your local steward for more informationStewards are the backboneof UNISON.
Oxford's best performing trade union, supporting worker at oxford city council, fusion leisure, and working in partnership with NHS and University branches across oxford for the benefit of all members and a greater UNISON for all.
Monday 9 January 2017
stewards required
Sunday 8 January 2017
2017 AGM
Annual General Meeting
17th February 2017
3:00 pm in the Assembly Room
Guest speakers include Dave Prentis and Maggie Ferncombe from UNISON
Followed by Refreshments
At the AGM, branch members do the following:
• Ratify the election of Branch Officers
• Ratify the election of stewards
• Elect delegates to UNISON’s National and Local Government conferences
• Vote on motions
Please let your line manager know as soon as possible if you wish to attend the AGM. You are entitled to paid time off to attend the AGM (up to one hour) and reasonable time off for travel to and from the meeting.
If you would like to stand as a steward for your area, or would like more information, please e-mail office@oxfordcityunison.com
Your voice will make a difference
BRANCH NOMINATIONS 2017
The nomination process for becoming a UNISON Branch Committee Member is now open!!
If you are willing to put yourself forward for a post, please return the nomination form to the UNISON office by 20th January 2017.
If you are unsure if a post is for you, please contact office@oxfordcityunison.com or 01865 252672 and we will chat through what each post entails, alternatively, there are brief details on what each post involves in the attached job description document. For all posts full training and support is provided.
Time to have your say
Dear Comrades.
You may have noticed in the latest council matters 255, that we at UNISION have, in partnership with Oxford City Council developed a questionnaire to help us understand what you would like to get from these Pay negotiations, the questionnaire is now online at www.oxford.gov.uk/paydeal2018. And we would like to encourage all our members to complete it, so we can work at getting the best possible deal for you.
For colleagues at Direct Services without access to a computer, printed copies are available from your steward. We would be grateful if you could complete and return to your steward or to HR, 1st Floor St Aldates Chambers by 13 January 2017.
In Solidarity
Wednesday 2 November 2016
New living wage set
UNISON has welcomed the new living wage rates, announced simultaneously in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Manchester this morning.
They new rates are:
- £8.45 an hour for the UK outside London;
- £9.75 an hour within London, to take account of the higher cost of living there.
These rates are based on the minimum income standard for the UK – how much someone needs to earn for a basic but decent life.
They differ from the government’s so-called ‘national living wage’, which is a rebranded minimum wage for over 25s.
The announcements came at the start of Living Wage Week, “a time each year to talk about making work pay, while remembering that millions of people in our country still work for poverty wages,” as general secretary Dave Prentis noted.
He welcomed today’s announcement of new rates as “an independent and verifiable level of pay which meets the most basic needs – quite literally, a wage upon which someone can be reasonably expected to live – and then campaigning for employers to pay it.
“UNISON has been proud to support and campaign for the living wage from the outset,” he said.
“And the living wage has become an integral part of our own campaigning, whether in the social care sector or the water industry.”
Friday 22 July 2016
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