Serving UNISON members at RGU and UofA
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UNISON supports Jeremy Corbyn
UNISON has decided to nominate Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour Party leadership contest and Yvette Cooper as its second choice at the union’s National Labour Link committee today (Wednesday). UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “Jeremy Corbyn’s message has resonated with public sector workers who have suffered years of pay freezes, redundancies with too…
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HE members vote to accept pay offer
UNISON’s higher education service group executive has decided to accept the employer’s pay offer, after 72% of members voted to back it. The executive met on 30 June to consider the result of the branch consultative ballot on this year’s pay offer from the national employers’ organisation, the University and Colleges Employers’ Association.
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Vote YES to strike for the pay we deserve!
This week, you should receive a ballot for industrial action on the ‘zero offer’ for the pay year 2021. I am sure you will also receive numerous communications from the employer that seek to undermine UNISON’s campaign for fair pay for university staff. UNISON senior representatives are adamant that the 0% for 2020/21 deserves to…
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UNISON Coronavirus Information
We understand this is a difficult time for everyone and that you may have queries or need support. We have been engaging with both Universities throughout this period and they have created FAQ areas which should answer the majority of queries: RGU Coronavirus FAQs UofA Coronavirus FAQs The main item to highlight is that…
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Branch Christmas Competition 2019 – Results
The branch held our prize draw for our fantastic Christmas Competition and we're pleased to announce we now have our five prize winners for this year. The prizes this year were: an amazing Apple iPad Pro (10.5" WiFi 256Gb) Space Grey. our ever popular Dinner and a Show for Two (x2) and our Luxury Christmas…
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HE Unions Reject Initial Pay Offer
Higher education unions, including UNISON, and employers are due to meet again to discuss this year’s pay rise on 10 May. At the last meeting on Friday 13 April, higher education employers offered to increase pay by 1.7%, or £325 a year (full-time equivalent), whichever is higher. The joint trade unions replied that university workers…
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Heart Unions Week – STUC Webinar
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…
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Young Members Weekend 2015
Last week over 100 young members in UNISON met in Nottingham for a "Young Members" weekend. As you'll see from the video they shot, they had a great conference and entered into some excellent discussions and debates. Are you under 27 and wondering about joining UNISON? Are you already a young member in UNISON and…
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May Day March & Workers’ Memorial Day
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. Aberdeen May Day March & Rally The annual May Day March for International Workers' Day will take place this year on Saturday 2nd May. All trade unions, community organisations, friends and families…
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