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Motion Passed: TOGETHER AGAINST THE FAR-RIGHT ON 28 MARCH 2026
Motion passed at branch meeting on Tuesday 27th January 2026. UoB Unison branch committee notes: 1. The rise of the far right and anti-refugee racism across Britain, as well as many other areas of the world 2. On 13 September a demonstration organised by fascists such as ‘Tommy Robinson’ (aka Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) and with the support of Elon…
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Strike placard & badge making!
Join us to help make placards and badges for our upcoming strike action! All materials provided. 📍where? Unison office, 1D priory road, BS8 1TX 📅 when? 12-2pm Weds 28th Jan and Weds 4th Feb Drop in on your lunch break for as little or long as you like!
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Motion Passed: Demilitarise Education
Motion passed at UoB UNISON branch committee meeting on 19th January 2026. This branch notes that: This branch believes that: This branch resolves to: Links
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January 2026 newsletter
Dear comrades, Happy new year! We hope January is being kind to you so far. We’re back with a bumper new year’s newsletter – including strike updates, AGM info and upcoming events to look forward to. 📣 Strike update As most in the branch are aware, we got a resounding mandate in the strike ballot…
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UoB UNISON Branch Meeting: Tuesday 27th January 2026 at 12:00
Agenda: UNISON Branch Meeting agenda January 2026.docx
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2026 AGM
👀 Key Details 🤔 What is the AGM? The Annual General Meeting or AGM is your opportunity to elect your branch activists and agree policy, priorities, and finances for 2026. You can also ask questions, meet like-minded colleagues, and learn more about union activities in this year’s keynote workshop, ‘UNISON 101 – understanding and getting active in your union’. All members…
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A Win for Higher Education & The Left – Our new Gen Sec
🙌 Unison’s new general secretary is socialist social worker Andrea Egan Andrea’s win is a win for us; our branch committee is confident this marks a huge step forward in our fight as a Higher Education UNISON branch. She’s keen for UNISON’s different sectors to not have to fight over the union’s resources, and most…
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Message from Your Environmental Officer – Year of Green Activity 🌱
2026 is UNISON’s Year of Green Activity – Our Environmental Officer Lucie ROse has more: Good tidings comrades! What with all the business around securing a strike over our pitiful pay offer (huzzah!), I haven’t had much chance to focus on that which really gets my fires burning (from sustainable sources, obviously), Green issues! 2026 is Unison’s ‘Year of…
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Dispatches from Brighton
📣 UNISON young members’ Conference 2025 In November, our International officer Eleni headed to Brighton for UNISON’s National Young Members’ Conference. Here’s how she got on: I attended the YM Conference in Brighton as first-time delegate. It was my first UNISON conference, and it gave me a real insight into how the union’s democratic processes…
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Dispatches from York
📣 UNISON HE & FE Conference 2025 In November, committee members Alex K (co-branch sec), the other Alex (co-comms officer), Elle (branch chair), Mia (co-comms officer), and Verity (women’s officer) travelled to York for UNISON’s Higher Education (HE) and Further Education (FE) seminar. There were two days of workshops, collaboration and talks, including a lot of discussion about the current pay ballot. 📝 workshops Our delegation made sure to cover the…