Category: Members
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Branch Christmas Competition 2022 – RESULTS
The branch held our prize draw for our fantastic Christmas Competition yesterday and we're pleased to announce we now have our three prize winners and fourteen runners up for this year. This year we had Fifteen £50 Vouchers up for grabs! Our prize winners draw was overseen by branch committee members, Jim Florence, Shirley Cooper…
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Branch Christmas Competition 2022
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. This year, fifteen luck winners will receive a voucher code for £50, to use on any shopping vouchers they like from the love2shop…
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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…
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The Big UNISON Prize Draw – Win £10,000!
Enter the UNISON prize draw – with a top prize of £10,000 cash for the lucky winner! #heartunison The prize draw runs from 15th February until the beginning of May, entry is open to all existing members – and new members too – all you need to do is update or verify your email address…
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UNISON Consults on Final Pay Offer
We have now received a "full and final" written pay offer from the national employers’ organisation the Universities & Colleges Employers Association (UCEA). The offer for 2016-17 follows pay talks between the employers and joint higher ed unions, and consists of: a 1.1% increase from 1 August for all staff covered by the higher education…
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RGU Agrees 35 Hour Week and Increased Holidays
Members at the Robert Gordon University will have seen the email from the Principal, Prof Steve Olivier with regard to harmonising working hours and leave entitlement. UNISON are delighted that we have managed to achieve this agreement at RGU after many years. To be clear for all staff, the 35 hour week and harmonisation of…
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Free £25 Gift Voucher for Branch Members! (2021)
Last year you may remember we ran a gift voucher scheme for members in lieu of our usual social activities during the year. Once again this year these haven't been possible due to the pandemic. The voucher scheme was very well received so we've decided to run it again this year, and this time we're…
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UNISON Branch AGM 2020
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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Get your 2016 UNISON Diary!
At this time of year the branch would usually send out the annual diary, however after feedback from last year's AGM this year we've decided that we won't automatically send out diaries. Instead we'll have some of our snazzy new UNISON 2016 Diaries ready you to pick up from our regular stalls, and your local…
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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…