Passed by UoB Unison branch committee on 19/20/26
After the disturbing appearance of the far right on campus last week, the University of Bristol, the Joint Trades Unions (including our branch) and the Students’ Union have released a joint statement.
Our branch stands entirely opposed to far-right views, and firmly believe that fascism has no place on our campus or in our politics. We will continue to campaign to keep them out of our institution, to stand in solidarity with all marginalised staff and students, and to demand that freedom of speech is not used as a hiding place for racism, bigotry and hate.
In February, our branch passed a motion against the far right, and in June, one of our members spoke at UNISON’s national conference in favour of a motion on tackling Reform UK.
If you have any urgent concerns about racist, Islamophobic, antisemitic or other forms of harassment or unacceptable behaviour by a member of the public, please report it to the Police or, if the incident happened on campus, to Security Services.
If you are a member who is feeling unsafe during far-right demonstrations on campus, and you are not receiving support to work flexibly and take other actions to protect yourself, please get in touch – we will support you.
We will continue to work with the University senior leadership to ensure fascism is never welcome on our campus.
Solidarity with migrant workers, and with immigrants across the country.