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Health and Safety School support staff

Stop the Silence, End the violence

March 26, 2024 Aberdeenshire UNISON

UNISON branches, in the North of Scotland, have come together to discuss how to address concerns raised by their members

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Raising Awareness of Racism in the Workplace

March 5, 2024 Aberdeenshire UNISON

Scottish black members committee have produced this video on raising awareness of racism and racial discrimination in the workplace. UNISON

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Equalities LGBT+ Year of the LGBT+ Worker

Blog: Celebrating our LGBT+ members and history

February 27, 2024 Aberdeenshire UNISON

February is LGBT+ History Month – and 2024 is UNISON’s Year of LGBT+ Workers – so what better time to take

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Recruitment and Information Day in Fraserburgh

December 5, 2023 Aberdeenshire UNISON

Our UNISON Aberdeenshire Branch Chair & Steward Steve Gray and Karen Donaldson UNISON Area Organiser will be visiting the Fraserburgh

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Campaigns March and Rallies News

Pay Up Now! Come along to the March on 7th October and tell the Scottish and UK Governments we need a pay rise now!

September 16, 2017 Aberdeenshire UNISON

Following months of UNISON pressure, the Scottish Government has said they will lift the 1% pay cap on public service

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UNISON Pay up Now campaign – March with us on 7th Oct for fair pay for all public service workers

September 2, 2017 Aberdeenshire UNISON

UNISON’s Pay up Now campaign is calling for an end to the pay restraint imposed by UK and Scottish governments

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Branch statement on council’s Equalities Outcomes 2017-21

August 7, 2017 Aberdeenshire UNISON

Below is the statement which the branch has sent to all Aberdeenshire councillors as well as to the HR Equalities

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Community News

Sleeping in and the minimum wage

August 5, 2017 Aberdeenshire UNISON

Recent legal judgements mean that an employer who requires workers to do a sleep in at their workplace must include

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Local Government pay deal agreed

July 27, 2017 Aberdeenshire UNISON

CoSLA has agreed the 2017/18 pay award The pay deal is.. • Employees earning less than £35,000 a £350* increase

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UNISON legal victory sees employment tribunal fees scrapped

July 26, 2017 Aberdeenshire UNISON

The branch is delighted to report that employment tribunal fees will be scrapped after UNISON won a landmark court victory

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    Women's History Month

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    01/03/2020-01/04/2020

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  • 08

    Branch celebrates women members in workplace visits

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    08/03/2020
    Kathleen, Morag and Ann at Woodhill House

    The branch recognised International Women’s Day this year with a series of visits to workplaces in South Aberdeenshire as well as holding a stall in Woodhill House.

    International Women’s Day is 8th March every year. However the branch celebrated it on the 6th and 9th March.

    Branch equalities officer, Kathleen Kennedy said, “International Women’s Day began in 1913 – it aims to work worldwide to eliminate discrimination against women.

    “UNISON’s membership is three quarters women hence we thought it was only right to celebrate.”

    Kathleen, along with Morag Lawrence Pension Champion chose to go to an area which they hadn’t really visited before – Banchory/Aboyne. Unfortunately, local steward, Jackie Roy wasn’t able to go along on the day.

    Kathleen and Morag visited Banchory Social Work office, where the staff were really welcoming and appreciative that they had made the effort to come out and invited them back. Unfortunately plans to return to Banchory area around the end of March have had to be postponed due to the Cornavirus pandemic. However, it is still on the agenda

    Aboyne Academy were also very welcoming. They had organised for Morag and Kathleen coming, with a room set aside and some members were already looking for them when they arrived.

    Kathleen, Morag Lawrence and Ann McEvoy (UNISON Local Organiser) also held a stall in Woodhill House where Kathleen had been based for 25 years and where all three had worked at some point up until recently.

    Kathleen explained, “The idea behind the stall was to celebrate International Women’s Day and give out cup cakes to members and freebies and answer any queries. Also to try and encourage non members to join the union and receive any freebies as well.”

    She added, “We had also hoped from there to start conversations on how we can both support our women members and help them support each other as this could over time develop into a ‘self organised group’.”

    Kathleen went on, “Although this time we were visiting to celebrate International Women’s Day we are keen to visit all locations where we have members to meet and get to know our members and hear their issues if they have any, as well as recruiting more members.”

    If you would like a visit once the lockdown is over, or have any equalities issues or queries, please let Kathleen know at kathleenunison@gmail.com.

    Kathleen added, “We are all too aware how wide the Aberdeenshire and North East Voluntary Sector is so although our stewards would like to visit all establishments regularly, we aren’t physical able.

    “If one thing that is good come out of the Cornavirus panademic it is a lot of us have used more technology so if we can’t get always get you physically we maybe can virtually!

    “We really do want to hear from you. Maybe you have an idea that would be good for  the Branch or a campaign. We will look into everything and no matter where you are in the Branch you are important and we are all equal.”

     

  • 08

    International Women's Day

    All day
    08/03/2020

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  • 21

    International Day of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

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    21/03/2020

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