Your pay matters! Have your say on Local Government pay!

The Local Government Employers have made a final offer on your pay for 2013-14. Your UNISON branch will be asking all members for their view and this is your chance to have your say. Make sure your voice is heard.

UNISON calls into doubt Somerset County Council’s merger of Trading Standards with Devon

While UNISON Somerset County Branch recognises the proposed merger of trading standards for Somerset and Devon as a means of preserving the vital Trading Standards service in the face of deep cuts to local government budgets there are questions that need to be answered on what consultation has taken place to support the new arrangements.

Somerset Cuts to the Bare Bone - £66m Over Three Years!

UNISON is set to protest against what it claims are unprecedented cuts in Somerset County Council.

Stressed staff at Somerset County Council go sick as spending cuts bite

Thousands of work days are being lost to stress as hard-pressed council staff helping some of the West’s most vulnerable people struggle to cope in the wake of spending cuts.