News
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UoB Staff are back on Strike! 10th-11th march
Dear comrades, Next week we will be joining staff from universities across the country in two days of strike action. ➡️ Why are we going on strike? 📅 Strike dates 1️⃣ Tuesday 10th March 2️⃣ Wednesday 11th March ➡️ How do I go on strike? 🪧 Picket details 1️⃣ Tuesday 10th March Workplace pickets, 10:00 – 12:00 Lunchtime
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UoB UNISON’s Campaign for a Four Day Working Week
UoB Unison are excited to be launching our campaign for a four-day 32-hour working week for staff at the University of Bristol with no loss of pay. ➡️ Read and sign the petition! ➡️ Complete the survey! Please spread the word by forwarding this email and sharing the petition with as many colleagues, students, friends
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University of Bristol staff strike for fair pay
Starting Tuesday 10th February, University of Bristol staff will take part in three consecutive days of industrial action. The strikes are organised by the University’s UNISON branch, representing professional services staff including admin workers, library staff, IT services, and student support. Public rallies are planned for 12 p.m. on Tuesday 10th at Senate House, BS8 1TH, and 12 p.m. on Thursday 12th at Wills Memorial Building, BS8
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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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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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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