UPDATES
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Over £450 raised on Workplace Day of Action for Palestine
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Another bake sale success! A massive thank you to everyone who supported and donated 🕊️ During workplace day of action for Palestine, Healthcare Workers 4 Palestine Bristol Royal Infirmary & University of Bristol Staff with Palestine raised £452 for 3 charities close to our hearts as healthcare and higher education workers – ❤️ Salma’s family…
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Over £400 raised by Trans Aid bake sale
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We had an excellent turn out at the Bake Sale fundraising for Trans Aid Bristol today! It was excellent to meet so many members of the University community who were showing their support for Trans colleagues, students and friends. The total donation for Trans Aid Bristol is £472.33, including a generous donation of £50 from…
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Help Lobby your MP about the Higher Education funding crisis
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We’re looking for members across the city and the surrounding localities to help lobby their MPs over the state of higher education funding. This is part of a coordinated advocacy campaign UNISON are undertaking across the country to help stand up for our jobs and save higher education funding. The campaign involves: 1. Writing to…
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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…
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Wednesday 14th May: Bake Sale – a fundraiser for Trans Aid Bristol
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Wednesday 14th May 2025 13:00 – 15:00 Outside the School for Policy Studies, 8 Priory Road
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Tuesday 13th May: Learn at Work Week – Lunch and Learn
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Come and learn more about your Union! Tuesday 13th May 2025 13:10-13:50 43 Woodland Road Room G.10 Members and non-members welcome! Please bring your own lunch – drinks and treats will be provided.
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UOB UNISON Branch Meeting: 20 May 2025 at 13:00
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…
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All Staff Newsletter Supreme Court judgement statement – Our Response and Call to Action
Dear members, We wanted to reach out to share how appalled we are with the ‘statement’ provided by the University on the Supreme Court judgement statement regarding trans women in the All Staff Newsletter of 1st May. We are channeling our anger in the first instance by replying to the internal comms mailbox and telling…
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Upcoming events
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3rd June: parliamentary lobby for HE As part of our campaign against cuts in higher education, UNISON has arranged a lobby of parliament, to take place on Tuesday 3 June. On that day branches are bringing members to parliament, so they can try to meet their MPs. This is their chance to talk to MPs about…
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Statement regarding the UK Supreme Court Ruling
This post is to acknowledge that UNISON University of Bristol Branch is aware of the recent UK Supreme Court Ruling (Please see this link for the PDF: UK Supreme Court Ruling) and are in conversation with the University of Bristol’s EDI team to establish what support the University can offer for trans and non-binary staff and students going forward.…
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April 2025 Newsletter
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Dear comrades, We hope you’re all enjoying the sunshine! We’re back with our April newsletter. We’re going to try to send our newsletters shortly after our monthly members’ meetings so we can update you with other goings on alongside the meeting recording and minutes. Most information will also be links to our website to avoid…
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NEC Elections 2025: branch nominations
UNISON’s National Executive Council runs our union and determines the kind of union we are and can become. It is made up of 68 UNISON members just like you! NEC elections this year are hugely important to determine whether UNISON succeeds and wins for you at work and on pay. UNISON UoB branch nominations Young Members’ Seats –…
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Motion passed: Austerity Demo resolution
This branch notes: This branch believes: This branch resolves:
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Motion passed: Join Stand up to Racism Trade Union Network
Motion: Join Stand up to Racism Trade Union Network & support actions and events on 22 March as part of the World Against Racism & Fascism international day of protest for UN Anti Racism Day Date of presentation: Branch AGM 12th March 2025 Proposed by: Surinder Kaur/Eleni Vagia (Nominated Joint-International Officers) David Esteban Rodriguez (Nominated…
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Motion passed: Defend Higher Education Funding
Proposed by: Nathan Street (Co-Branch Secretary) This branch notes that: This branch believes that: This branch resolves to call on the Unison Higher Education leadership to:
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University of Bristol UNISON 2025 AGM
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All branch members are invited to our Annual General Meeting, Wednesday 12 March from 2pm (hybrid). Please hold the time in your diary. You are entitled to time off from your role to attend. The AGM is members’ main democratic opportunity each year to elect your representatives, suggest policies and priorities for the year ahead, learn…
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2025 National Higher Education Conference
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On the 30th January 2025, three of our members attended the 2025 National Higher Education Conference, held in Swansea. It was a one-day conference focussed purely on Higher Education UNISON branches across the UK. Motions and reports will be uploaded to the Motions Archive soon if you would like to see what was debated and passed. Happy to take…
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UOB UNISON Branch Meeting: 29 January 2025 at 13:00
Day-to-day branch activity Strike Ballot started last Tuesday (21st Jan) – ballot papers have started going out: Wider context of the ballot NEC elections for National Executive Council Upcoming AGM (annual general meeting) Day of action for Palestine These are often shared in our branch WhatsApp group, but there are specific Palestine solidarity chats too…
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UOB UNISON Branch Meeting: 25 November 2024 at 13:00
Branch Secretaries’ report (VS)a. Professional Services Transformation Project 2030 causing lots of restructures across UoB. ACTION: Please get in touch if you’re worried or have thoughts to share regarding a (possible) restructure in your area ACTION: Please get in touch if you’d like to become a steward or have any questions about it. Or if you…
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Motion passed: HE funding campaign
This branch notes and applauds the policy on Higher Education funding passed at HE conference 2024 (13. Fund Our Universities Properly; 14. A New Start for Higher Education). That motion calls on the service group to inform members about the state of higher education finances, to campaign for adequate funding and more grants, to reaffirm…
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UWE/UOB UNISON statement on Gaza
We, the joint trade union branches of UNISON at the University of the West of England (UWE) and the University of Bristol (UOB) call on the universities of Bristol to publicly support a ceasefire in Gaza. Israel’s attacks on Gaza since October 7th 2023 have killed over 11,000 civilians including more than 4,000 children and has…
