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Reports from 2025 National Black Members Conference
In early May 2025, two of our branch members attended the National Black Members Conference in Brighton. Here are their…
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Gloucestershire phlebotomists to reach 100 days of strike action – show your support!
Phlebotomists are those who take and handle blood in hospitals. They are among the lowest paid staff in the NHS,…
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Dispatches from NDC 2025 – Day five
Vicky was on the conference floor for the final day of conference. One of the most urgent and important motions for…
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Dispatches from NDC 2025 – Day Four
Nathan was on the floor for Thursday, and it was a day full of Motions and Rule Amendments. The day…
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Dispatches from NDC 2025 – Day Three
Our branch secretaries, Vicky Redwood and Nathan Street, are currently in Liverpool for UNISON’s National Delegates Conference (NDC). As she…
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Dispatches from NDC 2025 – Day Two
Our branch secretaries, Vicky Redwood and Nathan Street, are currently in Liverpool for UNISON’s National Delegates Conference (NDC). Conference started…
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Dispatches from NDC 2025 – Day One
Our branch secretaries, Vicky Redwood and Nathan Street, are currently in Liverpool for UNISON’s National Delegates Conference (NDC). Here’s an…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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!).…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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£100 donated to Gloucestershire phlebotomists strike fund
At its latest meeting, the UoB UNISON committee voted to donate £100 to the Gloucestershire phlebotomists strike fund and express…
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Over £450 raised on Workplace Day of Action for Palestine
Another bake sale success! A massive thank you to everyone who supported and donated 🕊️ During workplace day of action…
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Over £400 raised by Trans Aid bake sale
We had an excellent turn out at the Bake Sale fundraising for Trans Aid Bristol today! It was excellent to…
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Help Lobby your MP about the Higher Education funding crisis
We’re looking for members across the city and the surrounding localities to help lobby their MPs over the state of…
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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,…
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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…
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Wednesday 14th May: Bake Sale – a fundraiser for Trans Aid Bristol
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
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…
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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…
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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…
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Upcoming events
3rd June: parliamentary lobby for HE As part of our campaign against cuts in higher education, UNISON has arranged a…
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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…
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April 2025 Newsletter
Dear comrades, We hope you’re all enjoying the sunshine! We’re back with our April newsletter. We’re going to try to…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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University of Bristol UNISON 2025 AGM
All branch members are invited to our Annual General Meeting, Wednesday 12 March from 2pm (hybrid). Please hold the time in…
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2025 National Higher Education Conference
On the 30th January 2025, three of our members attended the 2025 National Higher Education Conference, held in Swansea. It was a…
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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…
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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…
