Category: Branch
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Branch Christmas Competition 2023 – RESULTS
The branch held our prize draw for our fantastic Christmas Competition today and we're pleased to announce we now have our prize winners for this year. Our prize draw was overseen by branch committee members, Colin Jones and Laura Benvie. The 1st Prize of an Apple iPad Air went to: Alexander Laing – Congratulations! This…
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Branch Christmas Competition 2023
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, we have an amazing Apple iPad Air to win, and twenty lucky winners will receive a voucher code for £50, to…
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Thank You Julie
Aberdeen Universities Branch bid a fond farewell to Julie Yackiminie as she stood down from her post as branch chair after many years of service to UNISON. Colin Jones, UNISON Convener at the Robert Gordon University said, “I became involved in UNISON twenty years ago when Julie asked for people to help ‘give out leaflets’. …
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UNISON Annual General Meeting 2023
Details for the branch Annual General Meeting have now been announced. This will take place at RGU, Riverside Building room 118 this year, and will have a virtual option via zoom for those unable to attend in person. It will be a single AGM for UNISON members from both Universities, and all are invited to…
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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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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…
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STRIKE! RGU Dates Announced
STRIKE – Take Action! Dates have now been announced for industrial action at the Robert Gordon University over the derisory 3% pay award this year. We are asking all members to take strike action and not attend the workplace on the following dates: Monday 19th September Monday strike action is no longer taking place due…
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RGU STRIKE Update – September 2022
We had a great turnout on the picket lines for our first two days of strike action. Rather than a long email, I though this time I'd do a short video update for you all – click here to watch it: Follow us on FACEBOOK – we'll continue to send updates from the picket lines…
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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…