Statements & passed motions
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Motion Passed: Fighting Compulsory Redundancies
Passed at UoB UNISON branch meeting on 26/03/2026 This Branch Notes: This Branch Believes: This Branch Resolves: To actively monitor the situation in partnership with our sister unions and, if and when it proves necessary, take the following actions, in this order: Mover: Nathan Street Seconder: Lisa Murphy
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Motion Passed: London Peace Conference resolution
Passed at the UoB UNISON AGM on 24/03/26 University of Bristol Unison notes University of Bristol Unison believes University of Bristol Unison resolves Mover: Nathan Street, Branch Secretary (nathan.street@bristol.ac.uk) Seconder: Eleni Vagia, International Officer (eleni.vagia@bristol.ac.uk)
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University of Bristol staff escalate industrial action over fair pay
Following three days of industrial action in February, staff at the University of Bristol, along with staff from other universities across the country, will be taking part in two further days of industrial action this week. The strikes are organised by the University’s UNISON branch, representing professional services staff including admin workers, library staff, IT services, and student support. Industrial action follows this year’s “insulting” pay rise of 1.4%,
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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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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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We’re backing Andrea Egan for general secretary
✊ UNISON’s general secretary for the next five years will be decided by its members. The ballot will run from 28 Oct-25 Nov. This vote will be via post, which will include the candidate manifestos. At our most recent branch committee meeting, we voted unanimously to back Andrea Egan for General Secretary as she: 📅
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Motion Passed: Reinstate Steve North – Defend Democracy in UNISON
Motion passed at UoB UNISON branch committee meeting on 7th August 2025. UoB Unison notes that following the outcome of an internal UNISON process arising from a complaint made in 2023, in relation to his role of Chair of UNISON’s NEC Staffing Committee, Steve North has been suspended from all UNISON roles for 18 months,
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Motion Passed: Reinstate Julia Mwaluke
Motion passed at UoB UNISON branch committee meeting on 7th August 2025 This Branch Committee notes: This Branch Committee believes: This Branch Committee resolves:
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UOB UNISON X/Twitter account will no longer be actively updated
Many organisations have begun moving away from the X/Twitter platform in response to Elon Musk’s involvement with the Trump administration, and an increase in extremist views: https://tech.co/news/companies-that-have-left-x-twitter https://www.thenews.coop/why-are-so-many-co-ops-leaving-x-formerly-twitter/ https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-universities-join-retreat-elon-musks-x-citing-misinformation-platform-2025-01-08 As a branch, we have opted to stop posting updates on X/Twitter, but will leave our account active (for now) as a record of branch activity.
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Motion passed: Support the Birmingham Bin Workers strike
350 Unite union workers have been on strike for nearly two months. Birmingham Labour council is slashing a safety-critical role and has said it will issue compulsory redundancy notices. Over 150 workers stand to lose from £2000 to £6000 a year and are striking to defend jobs from Birmingham Council’s cuts. This branch believes that