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Need Help?
Welcome to the Central Sussex Hospitals branch's website. Direct any questions or comments about this site to Mark Sargent on mark.sargent@unison-csh.org.uk
If you need help and are a member of UNISON, then you should first of all talk to your local representative. Otherwise contact the branch office. As the office is not manned on a regular basis, e-mail contact is preferred. You can also call our national helpline, UNISONdirect, on 0845 355 0845.
Lines are open from 6am to midnight on Monday to Friday and from 9 am till 4pm on Saturday. There is also a textphone number for members with hearing difficulties - 0800 0 967 968.
Welfare
We are aware of the pressures UNISON members face on a daily basis and can provide support at times of unforeseen financial hardship or personal difficulty such as redundancy, bereavement, illness or relationship breakdown.
We support members in a variety of ways mainly through confidential advice and financial assistance in the form of grants. For example we can help with sorting out finances, advise on benefits or put members in touch with another organisation that can help.
Welfare advice is provided by the Central Sussex Hospitals Branch's own Welfare Officer, Marilyn Saward. All enquires are handled in complete confidence and with sensitivity.
Find out more about how Marilyn can help members by visiting the Welfare section of this site, or e-mail her on welfare@unison-csh.org.uk
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Welcome to UNISON Central Sussex Hospitals Branch.
UNISON is the trade union for all staff working for Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, associated contractors (such as ISS Mediclean and Sodexho), and other healthcare providers in the central sussex area (Nursing homes, care homes and independant healthcare establishments). We represent nursing, ancillary, professional, technical, managerial, administrative and clerical staff at all levels. UNISON also holds the majority of officership positions on national negotiating bodies and is the leading union of local level in the NHS.
We are here to help you with work-related
problems such as grievances and disciplinaries. We can also offer you advice on
conditions of service, bullying and violence at work, financial hardship. The
list is endless. There are representatives working in your area and you can find
details of how to contact them on this website.
UNISON is the largest trade union within BSUH NHS Trust and as a member you are
also entitled to many benefits including free legal advice, low cost insurance,
UNISON's own holiday club, etc. You will find more details of these and the many
other benefits on this website.
NEW - Your pension is under attack. Join us in defending it
UNISON CSH members will be taking action on 30 November to defend their pensions, after they voted overwhelmingly to join the TUC co-ordinated day of action. Our members will manning the picket lines at both the Princess Royal Hospital and the Royal Sussex County Hospital. Full details of action taking place and where you can show your support can be found here.
Pensions dispute - Frequently asked questions
Pay more, work longer, get less
It sounds simple doesn't it? We can't afford to pay for these pensions so public
service workers like street sweepers, school dinner staff and healthcare
assistants need to accept that and work longer, pay more and get less.
But that isn't the whole picture.
Public service workers are being asked to pay more in pension contributions by
an average of over 50% - if you earn above £15,000. It's the equivalent on
average of a 3% pay cut.
And this extra money isn't being used to improve pension schemes for the future,
it's going straight to the Treasury to pay for the bankers' crisis.
Don't believe the government propaganda regarding pensions. See for yourself what's fact and fiction.
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