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WELCOME TO THE ESSEX COUNTY UNISON WEBSITEThe Essex County Branch of UNISON aims to improve the working lives of its 7,000 plus members employed in Essex County Council and also in Further Education and Sixth Form Colleges, Essex Fire and Rescue, and many other employers in the private and voluntary sector. This website belongs to its members, so if you would like to contribute, write a letter or send in information on whats going on in your workplace, then please either send it to the Branch Office or by e-mail to mailto:t.sparkes@unison.co.uk The Battle for Public Services – YOUR JOB, YOUR FUTURE is at risk!!!!UNISON has been warning our members about the potential job cuts and pay freeze that will be coming at Essex County. As a result of the Transformation Project and the recent Government Budget announcements we are now likely to see:
The Essex County Transformation Project will see local services privatised or shared with other public sector organisations. Your jobs and terms and conditions are at risk! While discussions regarding proposals for reductions in staff and/or conditions of service have taken place behind closed doors, Councillors have awarded themselves a 6.1% payrise and £41,000 has been spent on lunches, £7,000 on biscuits and £15,000 on tea and coffee! The UNISON Essex County Branch has organised several meetings around the County to discuss how these issues will affect you! These meetings will be open to UNISON members and non-members. Please come along and find out how you can get involved. This budget signals that the battle for Britain’s public services has begun. Public sector workers will be shocked and angry that they are singled out as victims of job cuts and pay freezes. Freezing public sector pay when inflation is running at 5.1% and VAT is going up will mean a real cut in living standards for millions of ordinary workers and their families - already struggling to pay rising bills. Nurses, social workers, midwives, paramedics, police community support officers, housing and environmental officers who provide vital public services, are amongst those who will be hit hardest by the two year pay freeze. And for local government workers this comes on top of this year’s freeze. A 25% cut in departmental public spending will decimate our public services. In our opinion the budget will do nothing to restore confidence or kick-start the recovery, but will push local economies into the ground, raising the spectre of breadline Britain. Throwing tens of thousands of public sector workers on the dole will cost the country billions in lost tax revenue as well as piling billions onto the benefits bill. Vital services that the poor, the sick and the vulnerable rely on, are in the firing line. Freezing council tax is a useless gesture saving people pennies while on the other hand cutting tens of millions from council budgets, threatening jobs, losing services and undermining the local economy. Raising VAT affects the poor the most as they spend a higher proportion of their meagre incomes on goods and services. We need you to get involved. Please attend one of the meetings listed to find out more and how you can help: Contact Details:
MEETING DATESThursday 1st July - Room 104, Stanwell House, Stanwell Street, Colchester, CO2 7DL - 12.00pm - 1.00pm & 1.00pm – 2.00pmFriday 2nd July - Large Conference Room, Magnet House, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 1JD - 12.00pm - 1.00pm & 1.00pm - 2.00pmTuesday 6th July - Conference Room, Epping Social Care, St. Johns Road. Epping, CM16 5EB - 12.00pm - 1.00pm & 1.00pm - 2.00pmFriday 9th July - Large Upstairs Conference Room, Ely House, Ely Way, Basildon, SS14 2BQ - 12.00pm - 1.00pm & 1.00pm - 2.00pmMonday 12th July - Lower Hall, Baptist Church,Victoria Road South, Chelmsford - 12.00pm - 1.00pm & 1.00pm - 2.00pmFriday 16th July - Family Room, 37 Fairycroft Road,Saffron Walden, CB10 1ND - 12.00pm - 1.00pm & 1.00pm - 2.00pmThursday 22nd July - Large Conference Room, Goodman House, Station Approach, Harlow - 12.00pm - 1.00pm & 1.00pm - 2.00pmPlease note: we have been advised that members should not rely on sat.nav. as this frequently takes people to the wrong place. Goodman House can be found near to Harlow Town Station.There will be two meetings at each venue to enable members to come along in their lunch hour. Non-members are welcome and application forms will be available on the day.PERFORMANCE RELATED PAY - ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL12th May 2010 Please find attached a letter which Babs Whitfield, the Branch Secretary, has sent to HR today regarding Bands 5 & 6, together with a form of words which members can print off to say they are accepting the changes but under protest.
http://www.unisonessex.org.uk/files/PERFORMANCE RELATED PAY.doc Please contact the Babs at the Branch Office (01245 354044) if you have any questions regarding this. Update 7th July 2010 Please note, negotiations are still ongoing and there is no change to advice given above. MY PERFORMANCEAs staff within Schools, Children and Families will be aware, a letter has been sent to all line managers stating that the percentage of staff who had "fully met" their performance objectives cannot be justified and therefore are not in line for the Directorate's performance this year. Consequently, managers were asked to review their judgements by 19th April.
We are strongly urging members to use the Authority's appeal procedure (My Performance Appeal
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CONTACT DETAILS
UNISON Essex 70 Duke Street Chelmsford CM1 1JP (postal address only) Tel: 01245 354044 County Hall/Ednet extension: 20905 Fax: 01245 353443 Email: info@unisonessex.org.uk or unison@essexcc.gov.uk Map: Find our offices Latest News
Teaching Assistants - Sign the Petition GREY SKIES OVER ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL STAFF ABSENCE FROM WORK DUE TO VOLCANIC ASH Independent Safeguarding Authority THE NEW "SICK NOTES": FIT FOR PURPOSE? UNISON Press Release – Adult Funding Cuts 2010/11 PERFORMANCE RELATED PAY - Variation of Contract to Local Pay Conditions - Bands 5 and 6 MILLION VOICES FOR CHANGE - JOIN UNISON's NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR A FAIRER SOCIETY Tell us what you think of this site ![]() To read Acrobat PDF files you need Adobe Reader, which is available free of charge from the Adobe website in both PC and Mac format. PDF accessibility: To read PDFs with a screen reader please link to the Access Adobe website which provides useful tools and resources. Adobe also has a free online conversion tool for PDFs. |
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