Author: Colin Jones
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May Day Events – March & BBQ!
May Day International Workers’ Day Aberdeen March & Rally 4th May 11:00am-12:30pm Start at Rubislaw Terrace Gardens to march down Union Street for rally at Castlegate Come along for the march or the rally! If you’d be able to help out and carry the UNISON branch banner just contact us and let us know! Young…
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UNISON Annual General Meeting 2021
It's now time for the branch Annual General Meeting. As you'll appreciate this year will be a little different, and the AGM will take place via Zoom, and will be a single AGM for UNISON members from both Universities. Registration is required to attend. Tuesday 16th March 2020 12.30pm – 1.30pm Register for the AGM…
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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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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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Livingston Designer Outlet Coach Trip
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…
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Vote “YES” for Strike Action
UPDATE: (Sept 2016) The result of the ballot was to only narrowly in favour of strike action. The HE Executive therefore took the decision not to proceed with Industrial Action in this instance. UNISON is balloting members in higher education, urging them to vote ‘Yes’ for strike action for better pay. The decision of the…
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UNISON Scotland General Election Manifesto
The vast majority of UNISON Scotland’s members work in areas which are devolved to the Scottish Parliament, but even so the general election will still have a huge bearing on our working lives. With reserved issues including overall public spending levels, most economic policy, welfare spending and employment rights it could hardly be otherwise. The…
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HE unions submit 2015-16 pay claim
Higher education unions have submitted a joint pay claim for 2015-16 to the national employers' organisation, the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA). The claim has been submitted by UNISON, UCU, Unite, GMB and EiS and covers two main areas – pay and pay-related equality matters – which the unions want to negotiate concurrently. The…
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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…
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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,…