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May Day International Workers’ Day 4th May 11:00am-12:30pm
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Young Members, LGBT & 4th May 12:30pm-4pm
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UNISON Aberdeen Universities branch has organised a FREE day trip on Saturday 27th April to Livingston Designer Outlet for branch members. Members may also bring along a guest as well!
With over 70 boutiques, restaurants and cafés, Livingston Designer Outlet isn’t merely Scotland’s largest Designer Outlet. They have a wide range of stores, offering something to suit every taste. Highlights range from iconic fashion brands, including Fred Perry Kurt Geiger, Lacoste and Tommy Hilfiger, athletic labels like Nike and Adidas, and high-street favourites like M&S and Next.
We'll have two pickups on the morning of Saturday 27th April departing from:
For more information about the venue, see the Livingston Designer Outlet website. To book your place (please note only UNISON branch members may book), please use our Ticketsource booking form:
Have you booked already, but lost your e-Ticket?
Please go to the Ticketsource website where you can request they are resent to you.
Why is Lesbian Day of Visibility important for the LGBT+ community?
I am the Chair of the Rainbow Network at Robert Gordon University(RGU). We are a staff network who aim to promote LGBT+ diversity in the workplace. Our next event is for Lesbian Visibility Day, on 26th April 2019.
This April we are planning with the Women’s Network at Robert Gordon University to celebrate and raise awareness of lesbian communities and culture. This is the first time that we have organised an event on this day and we are looking for lesbian/gay woman role models to be featured in a poster display.
We would like to profile your story and send a strong message to the staff and students in the RGU community about why it is important to be a visible gay women. If you would like to be part of this exciting initiative please:
Thanks in advance!
Hamish Walker
Rainbow Network Co-ordinator
It's now time for the branch Annual General Meeting, and this year we'll be repeating our split AGM format across both Universities. The AGM will be held on two days at lunchtimes, with one meeting at RGU and the other at UofA. Please make every effort to come along to one of them.
Refreshments will be provided from 12 noon and the AGM meetings will start at 12.30pm.
Monday 11th March 2018: 12 noon – 1.30pm (for 12.30pm start)
Room G3, St Mary's, University of Aberdeen
Tuesday 12th March 2018: 12 noon – 1.30pm (for 12.30pm start)
Room 620, Aberdeen Business School, RGU
Papers and agendas will be sent out to members in advance of the meetings. Please also ensure you complete and submit any nomination forms for stewards and branch officers prior to the meeting.
As part of heart unions week, we're hoping to show the live webinar about the STUC's better than zero campaign. Better Than Zero are a group of workers, who, since 2015, have been organising against precarious work in the hospitality and service sectors in Scotland. They campaign against zero hours, zero rights, and zero respect in the workplace.
Come along, have a chat, get some heart union goodies (including our reusable hand warmers and heart union jelly beans!), watch the webinar, and let us know what issues you're facing right now:
We hope to see you there! For further information you can also see the national website www.heartunions.org.
Aberdeen's May Day March & Rally for International Workers' Day will be held on Saturday 5th May this year.
The event is organised as always by Aberdeen Trades Union Council. Each year, people across the globe take to the streets to commemorate International Workers' Day, or May Day.
ATUC President, Kathleen Kennedy said, "In our 150th anniversary year we want to make our May Day March and Rally an event to remember.
"We are calling on trade unions, community groups, friends and families to join us with banners and placards.
"We want to give a clear message on International Workers Day that workers matter. We are the backbone of our society and should be treated with respect, decently paid and their workplaces should be safe, healthy and family friendly.
"We shouldn't need to strike to defend our pensions, our pay and our terms and conditions - yet we do. Events like our May Day March show solidarity and support for our struggles."
Please gather at Rubislaw Terrace at 11.00am, to march off at 11.30am down Union Street. A rally will be held in the Castlegate from 12.15pm, with a range of speakers from trade unions, local politicians and community activists.
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There are two major events coming up soon organised by the Aberdeen Trades Union Council which we'd encourage all branch member's to attend.
The annual May Day March for International Workers' Day will take place this year on Saturday 30th April.
All trade unions, community organisations, friends and families are encouraged to attend - bring your banners and placards, and let's make this march the biggest ever!
Groups gather at Rubislaw Terrace from 11.00am, for 11.30am march off. The march will progress down Union Street to a rally and speakers at Castlegate from 12.15am. Come along and support this important event! Download the May Day 2016 Poster.
All over the world on 28th April each year organisations hold events to mark International Worker's Memorial Day. The purpose of IWMD is two-fold. Firstly it is about not forgetting those who have died, been injured, or made ill by their work. Secondly it is about ensuring that this tragic loss and suffering are used to reinvigorate the campaign for healthier and safer work.
The campaign slogan is "Remember the dead, fight for the living."
The Aberdeen ceremony will take place on Thursday 28th April at Persley Walled Garden, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen, meet at 12.30pm for the ceremony at 1pm. The ceremony will take approximately 30 minutes.
Everyone is welcome and invited to attend. Download the IWMD 2016 Poster.
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