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Branch Secretaries attend National March Against Austerity in London
From Vicky, our co-branch Secretary: This past weekend, Nathan and I attended the National March Against Austerity in London, joining a large contingent from Bristol, including members of the Bristol Trades Council, Stop the War Coalition, and NHS campaigners. Around 20,000 people gathered despite the rain to oppose cuts to the welfare state, with participants
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More dispatches from Get Active Weekend
(As a follow up to our report from a few weeks ago, our Women’s Officer, Verity, shares her thoughts on UNISON South West’s recent Get Active event.) In May I went to the UNISON South West Get Active Weekend in Croyde! It was a super weekend. I attended three workshops across the weekend: Campaigning on
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Branch Members attend national parliamentary lobby
On 3rd June 2025, Vicky Redwood, Nathan Street and Elle Chilton-Knight, all members of the University of Bristol UNISON branch committee, travelled to London to take part in the national parliamentary lobby, representing the branch alongside dozens of other branches across the country. Nathan Street, one of the branch’s co-secretaries, was able to meet his
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May 2025 Newsletter
Dear comrades, We hope you had a wonderful bank holiday (and solidarity with our members who still had to work!). We’re back with our May newsletter, including this month’s members meeting recap, other goings on and upcoming events. May members meeting recording & minutes Recording: Branch Meeting-20250520_130427-Meeting Recording.mp4 Minutes: Branch Meeting Minutes 20.05.25.docx Please be
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South West Black Members leadership event: 25-27 July
2025 SW Black Members Leadership Event Fri 25 – Sun 27 July in Bristol (Delta Marriott hotel) Event programme and registration– deadline 23 June – please email unison-office@bristol.ac.uk to let us know if you’d like to attend, then sign up to register. This is an opportunity for Black members to connect, learn, and lead. The
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We Demand Change meeting & summit: 27th May & 22nd June
We Demand Change is fighting back against Starmer’s Labour government: debating, organising and mobilising the collective actions we need. They work to make sure Labour’s betrayal doesn’t open the door for the far right. See their full statement and actions here: We Demand Change | WE DEMAND CHANGE The Bristol faction of We Demand Change
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ACT NOW: UNISON survey on PIPs
The government has announced sweeping changes to how Personal Independent Payments (PIPs) are paid. The eligibility criteria for people claiming daily living support will be tightened. UNISON needs to hear from disabled members about how the proposed changes will affect them. For more info and to fill out the survery: Changes to PIPs – we
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LGBT+ Officer Update – May 2025
May updates from Theo, our LGBT+ officer Supreme Court ruling response Trans bake sale & resistance rally In response to both the Supreme Court ruling and a planned talk from a noted “gender-critical” speaker at the School of Policy Studies, our branch held a bake sale to raise money for Trans Aid Bristol (final total
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Dispatches from Get Active Weekend
UNISON South West’s annual Get Active event returned to Croyde Bay in Devon earlier this month. This year’s theme was “unity in action”; our branch’s International Officer Eleni and Women’s officer Verity went along for a weekend of learning and comradery. Over three days of inspirational talks, training and networking, they learnt new tools and methods
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Submit your questions for our Chief Financial Officer & Chief People Officer
We have invited James Bigwood (Chief People Officer) and Peter Vermeulen (Chief Financial Officer) to attend our branch committee meeting in July. During this meeting we will be asking them questions from branch members. We will discuss the results of the meeting with members at the next branch meeting. If you have a question you would like us to