Category: Events
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Celebrating International Women’s Day 2023
The Aberdeen Universities UNISON Branch would like to invite you to an event celebrating International Women's Day 2023. Two talks by two women's rights activists who supported the women liberation movement in Aberdeen for many years. Wednesday March 8th 2023 at 12:30pm – 3pm Sir Duncan Rice Library, Lower Ground Seminar Room, Aberdeen, AB24 3AA…
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IWMD and May Day March 2016
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 30th April. All trade unions, community organisations, friends and families…
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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…
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Aberdeen May Day March – 5th May
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…
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UNISON Branch AGM 2019
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…
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Lesbian Day of Visibility – Can You Help?
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…
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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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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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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…
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UNISON Branch AGM 2016
It's now time for the branch Annual General Meeting, and this year we're doing things a bit differently, so we hope you'll be able to come along. 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…