Ivan Bonsell | University of Brighton UNISON Branch

Pay Ballot is now live!

Higher education pay ballot 2016 Vote yes to strike action in the higher education pay ballot Reject the 1.1% pay offer Ballot opens 30 August Ballot closes 19 September UNISON is balloting members who work in universities on whether to take strike action over the employers’ miserly pay offer of 1.1%. UNISON’s higher education…

Report for members of the Board of Governors

Report for the Board of Governors July 2016 This is what’s gone to all Board members as we urge them to think carefully about rubber-stamping the decision to close Hastings campus.

Defend the NHS Sussex

July’s Branch Committee meeting agreed to support Defend the NHS Sussex in their campaign to keep the NHS free and publically owned. More information on what they’re doing here: http://defendthenhssussex.weebly.com/

Where should the LGPS invest its members’ funds?

Some five million people rely on the Local Government Pension Scheme to pay their pension. Yet Chancellor George Osborne has announced plans to force the individual pension funds to invest in infrastructure, as an alternative to direct government funding of the schemes – even if this doesn’t give the best return for scheme members’ pensions….

Consultative Pay Ballot is now live

Ballot papers for UoB-employed members should be with you by 17 June at the very latest along with the newsletters. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU USE YOUR VOTE!

Branch Consultation on Pay

We’ll be arranging a consultative ballot for all UoB-employed members, with ballot forms coming out with our newsletter this month. Please make sure you let us know what you think.

Hastings

If you want to give your views on the review of Hastings, you have until 8th March to contact a member of the University Board of Governors. brighton.ac.uk/About-us/Governance-and-information/Board-of-Governors/index.aspx You can write or email any of them care of the Vice Chancellor or if you want to send your comments to us, we can pass them…