Branch meetings are your chance to stay up to date with branch activity and to raise issues with other branch members.
Meetings are held online on Microsoft Teams. You should receive a (private) invitation in your calendar about a week before the meeting.
A Microsoft Teams link will also be shared via email prior to the meeting.
Branch Meeting agenda
1. Welcome (AK)
2. Minutes of the previous meeting (AK)
3. Branch Meeting action points (ECK)
3.1 AT/MS – section for upcoming meetings and UNISON learning – in progress, update
3.2 NS/ECK – Take forward poll of members who didn’t receive ballots (/why they didn’t vote) – in progress, update
4. Branch secretaries’ report (NS/VR)
4.1 JCNC update (NS)
4.2 Restructure updates (VR)
4.3 Other activities (VR/NS)
5. Chairs’ report (AK/ECK)
5.1 Branch Committee recently voted in favour of:
5.1.1 3x solidarity messages and donations to striking branches
5.1.2 Exploring 2x lightweight branch banners
5.1.3 Stopping X/Twitter account updates
5.2 Update from extraordinary meeting of the Higher Education Service Group Executive (ECK)
6. Membership update
6.1 There were 13 joiners, 16 leavers in April – net decrease of -3
6.2 SU Membership – no new joiners in April
7. SU update
8. Agenda items for discussion
8.1 Questions to the Chief People and Financial Officers – deadline 09:00 Monday 2 June (9 responses so far)
8.2 HE parliamentary lobby 3rd June (NS/VR)
8.3 Supreme Court ruling (CF, TB)
8.4 Disabled members network – establishing a Working Group and PIP work (KT/N/VR)
9. Open floor – contributions welcome by audio, video, or in the chat
10. Items for June Branch Committee meeting (ECK)
11. AOB
11.1 Reminder of national ‘No more austerity 2.0’ demonstration Saturday 7th June – book tickets
12. Date of next meeting
TBC – announced in the header banner and as an update on the union website homepage, plus invites in calendars.
Please contact Elle (elle.chilton-knight@bristol.ac.uk) if you would like to request an item for discussion at these meetings.