Oxfordshire County UNISON Branch – Local Government, Private, Community & Voluntary Sectors

Union Learning Fund

UNISON works with the Union Learning Fund (ULF) to offer a wide range of member learning opportunities. Backed by the Department of Education, the ULF was set up to encourage more adults back into learning, through bite-size workshops, or longer

School Uniform Grant applications 2018

Get help with school uniform costs this summer Struggling to make ends meet? Worried about back to school costs? Help is on hand We have set up a limited fund to help UNISON members on low income with school uniform

World Mental Health Day 2017 Tea & Talk

UNISON are hosting Tea and Talk events between 11am -1pm on World Mental Health Day, 10th October 2017. Oxfordshire County UNISON Branch is launching a campaign to promote positive mental health in the workplace and to improve support and provision

Mental Health Survey

Branch members should by now have received an email about our Mental Health Survey please do take the time to fill it in, it’ll only take a few minutes and it will help us a huge amount to plan the

Pay Up Now!

Public sector workers need a pay rise! For years now, public service workers have seen their pay held back by government in the name of austerity. First a freeze then a cap saw public sector pay rise by just 4.4%

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A stronger union benefits us all 11 September, 2018
This September, UNISON may be even more visible in your workplace as part of a push to grow the union across the South East. On the eve of this recruitment initiative, we spoke with representatives and staff from 4 local branches about what they had planned – and, in their personal opinion, the difference that […]
46 years to save for a deposit! 10 September, 2018
Owning a home has become virtually impossible for most public sector workers in Oxford, according to research recently published by UNISON. New UNISON report Priced Out shows that getting a deposit together and obtaining a mortgage have now become virtually insurmountable hurdles for workers in the public sector. The report highlights how saving the money […]
Home ownership now little more than a pipe dream for public sector workers 10 September, 2018
Owning a home has become virtually impossible for many public sector workers in the South East, according to research published today (Sunday) by UNISON. Getting a deposit together and obtaining a mortgage are often insurmountable hurdles for those living in the majority of local authority areas across England, Scotland and Wales, according to the findings. […]