South East Regional Council
The South East Regional Council (formerly the South East Provincial Council) is a meeting of all the Elected Members from South East Employers with the Staff Side comprising 44 Lay Officials of the Region’s UNISON Branches. The SERC meets in an Annual General Meeting in July and then has two Seminars in February and October. These meetings provide education / development opportunities for both sides on a range of current issues and a mechanism whereby, collectively, the Trade Union Stewards remain in a dialogue with Elected Members from the employing councils.
The Regional Joint Committee
The RJC is a Committee of 14 Elected Members from South East Employers with a Staff Side of 12 Lay Officials of the Region’s UNISON Branches historically held in February and November. However, in February 2007 it was agreed that, although the Regional Joint Committee would remain, it would only be convened should an exceptional situation arise that required it; normally it would no longer meet.
Joint Secretarial discussion
Both Sides have a Secretary – currently Tony Jones for UNISON and SEE’s Regional Director. Dialogue is continuous and a Work Plan is agreed at the AGM for a programme of joint working for the coming year.
