UNISON Derby City BranchMembers only meeting
Wednesday 9 December 2015.
4-5pm
UNISON Regional Organiser Adrian Morgan and UNISON School’s Convenor Sue Bonser will be on hand to update members and answer any questions relating to;
– UNISON’s Current Position
– Individual Agreements
– Job Evaluation
– Dismissal & Reengagement
– Appeals Process
Individual Agreements Dismissal & Reengagement
At UNISON we realise that these are difficult and unsettling times for our
members and there is a great deal of concern and confusion over the above processes. We are doing all we can to ensure we respond to member queries and raise matters on your behalf with your employer.
Please remember your branch team are here to help and advise and we are very happy to visit workplaces and schools to discuss our advice which remains DO NOT SIGN individual agreements. It is better to have the new Terms &Conditions imposed than to willingly accept by signing Individual Agreements. Most importantly this protects your legal rights.
There have been reports suggesting that Derby City Council have asked Head Teachers to combine signing your Individual Agreement and accepting the schools offer of additional hours.
Please be clear that these are 2 separate issues. We are seeking an opinion on whether this offer is legally questionable. If you remain unsure of your position please call the branch for guidance and support. Keep us informed of any updates regarding additional hours that are made locally as we are not getting this information from DCC.
If you are invited to an Individual Consultation meeting regarding Dismissal & Reengagement please contact the branch and we will try to attend as many as possible. Priority will be given to schools without trained workplace stewards. If your school doesn’t have a steward, you may wish to consider this role or nominate a colleague. Contact the branch for more information.
Don’t forget we have a meeting at Littleover Community School at 4pm on 9/12/15. This meeting is will focus on non-TA school roles, all are welcome of course, and a further meeting for TAs is planned for early January.
Stars in Our Schools
Your Union Needs You!Today UNISON locally met with our internal legal team, national officers and equal pay Solicitor from Thompsons. This meeting was to continue the investigations into the equal pay claim at Derby City Council. There are a number of pieces of information that the legal team require, despite UNISONS best efforts DCC has refused to share this pertinent data for the purposes of the collective negotiations. Put simply, we require certain information to best represent you, which your employer will not give us. Therefore, please find below a member survey. We would encourage as many of you as possible to complete this and return it to us Either by the online form below or here or by using the pdf document.
UNISON is committed to communicating our efforts with our members. As a member of UNISON any legal recourse which we are able to pursue will only be for UNISON members. Can I ask you to let your work colleague know about the union’s actions especially if they are not members of this union. On this occasion UNISON is prepared to allow people to join and to be part of this action so that we can maximise the results for us all. I hope that you and the people you work with will take advantage of this opportunity to join.
UNISON are equally committed to listening to our members views, which is why we have set up 6 member led meetings over the next 5 weeks, please look out for further information.
We encourage you and your colleagues to attend as an opportunity to find out what your local UNISON team are doing and answer any questions you may have. Your employer is aware that these consultation meetings are being
held and should be supporting your attendance.
Derby City Council have announced that they will be making staggering budget cuts of 45 million over the next 3 years. The council has said it will axe a further 90 full time equivalent jobs on top of 110 already announced in the first year (2016). UNISON is concerns of the impact these will have on the public, community and our member’s ability to earn. UNISON will be fully supporting our members to try and save jobs.
We will be communicating separately on this matter in the coming weeks…