Vote YES in Unison Higher Education Pay Ballot

Ballot runs from 12 September until 2 October

Shona McCulloch - Unison HE SGE (personal capacity)

Unison members join the 30 November N30 public sector strike in Leeds , photo Iain Dalton   (Click to enlarge)

In this year's Unison Service Group Executive (SGE) elections, the left made gains due to anger amongst members over issues such as the failure to give a lead in saving final salary pensions, the shameful witch hunting of activists and the cosiness of the union to the Labour Party (calls for a new workers' party received enormous applause at Unison NDC 2012).

Defend In-House Services at University of Sussex

UoS Staff: join your union and get active in the campaign! 

Last month University of Sussex announced the “outsourcing” of 235 jobs, in effect privatising large swathes of support staff from catering and facilities, and the services they provide, including health and safety, and security. This has been met so far by a furious reaction from staff and students on campus, with meetings and demonstrations of hundreds having taken place in the short time period since the plans were announced.

Brighton and Hove Socialist Party

Profiteers not welcome at Sussex University

Shona McCulloch Sussex University UNISON (personal capacity) and Paul Moorhouse

On 10 May 2012 University of Sussex management announced plans to sell off huge swathes of support services on campus by August 2013, privatising over 10% of jobs. Catering and Facilities Management are the staff groups affected; which covers over 30 key support services including Security (even in the context of recent reports of sexual assaults on campus), Estates, Health and Safety, and Dining – which has recently seen a multi-million pound upgrade.