Category: Branch
-
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…
-
Branch Members REJECT HE Pay Offer
The local branch consultation on the national Higher Education pay offer has now closed with members rejecting the employers offer by over a two thirds majority (69% reject, 31% accept). UNISON’s higher education service group executive said it “was clear that the offer falls well short of its aims. Recent years have seen a series…
-
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…
-
State Funeral – Strike Dates Change
Following the events of the last week, and the subsequent national mourning period and planned state funeral for HM Queen Elizabeth II, the strike action due to take place at RGU on Monday 19th September has now been cancelled. The state funeral marks the end of the national mourning period and employers will be working…
-
Branch Christmas Competition Results 2017
The branch held our prize draw for our fantastic Christmas Competition on on Monday and we're pleased to announce we now have our five prize winners for this year. The prizes this year were: an amazing Panasonic TX-49EX600B Smart TV, with 4K UHD resolution. our ever popular Dinner and a Show for Two (x2) and…
-
Our New Branch Banner
Although it’s taken a little while, the branch has finally got its very own marching banner. You’ll have seen banners at various rallies and demonstrations, and many branches have their own, but we didn’t have one – that is until now! The banner is printed with the UNISON logo and the branch name – see…
-
The Big Workplace Meeting – 9th February
If you missed the live broadcast, you can catch up online on the heartunions website. We invite you to join us and TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady with a special guest for a live broadcast to our branch meeting. Frances will give an update on progress of the Trade Union Bill and there will be…
-
Hundreds Celebrate May Day in Aberdeen
More than five hundred people from trade unions and campaigning groups, including a number of key local politicians and friends of the ATUC, took to the streets and marched along Union Street on Saturday 2nd March to celebrate International Workers’ Day and to call for an end to austerity. Led off by the Guarana Drummers, the…
-
Branch Christmas Competition 2019
Once more we are running our fantastic Christmas Competition, which is open to members only for all our current UNISON members at both the Robert Gordon University and the University of Aberdeen. Prizes this year are an amazing Apple iPad Pro 10.5", 256GB. We'll also have our ever popular Dinner and a Show for Two,…
-
UNISON at Grampian Pride
Today saw the first Grampian Pride march down Union Street in Aberdeen which had hundreds of people proudly raising their rainbow flags and enjoying the sunshine in an inspiring event by the LGBT+ community, joined by their friends and allies from all walks of life. Our new LGBT branch officers, Craig and Hamish were there…