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Category: Equalities

Disabled members Equalities News

Branch will celebrate 2022 as UNISON’s Year of Disabled Workers

January 20, 2022 Kate Ramsden

#YDW2022 UNISON has made 2022 the Year of Disabled Workers. The union plans to use these 12 months to highlight

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Disabled members Equalities News

Branch launches Year of Disabled Worker at Disability History Month event

December 19, 2021 Kate Ramsden

On Friday 3rd December, Aberdeenshire Branch celebrated Disability History Month and launched the 2022 Year of the Disabled Worker at

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Equalities News St Andrew's Day

Come along to the online St Andrew’s Day rally on 27 November or join the STUC event in Glasgow

November 21, 2021 Kate Ramsden

The branch is encouraging all our members to attend Aberdeen Trades Union Council’s annual St Andrew’s Day rally against racism and

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Disabled members Equalities News

Sign up your team for the General Knowledge Online Quiz on 18 November

November 7, 2021 Kate Ramsden

The branch is calling on all members to make a team to win some Tesco vouchers at our online Quiz

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Black members Equalities News

Black History Month – We all have our part to play in tackling systemic racism

October 29, 2021 Kate Ramsden

Aberdeenshire’s celebration of Black History Month was an inspiring event, which heard from two speakers with very different life experiences,

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Equalities News Women

Please sign up for branch menopause training to commemorate Menopause Awareness Month

October 19, 2021 Kate Ramsden

As part of World Menopause Awareness Month the branch, through the Women’s self organised group, has arranged online Menopause Training.

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Black members Equalities News

Join us for our celebration of Black History Month with Kay Mckerrell and David Lammy MP

September 30, 2021 Kate Ramsden

The branch Black Members committee is hosting a Black History Month celebration on Monday 25th October 2021 from 7-8pm. Entitled

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Disabled members Equalities News

North East UNISON branches “Stepping Out” to tackle disability discrimination

September 13, 2021 Kate Ramsden

In the lead up to UNISON’s Year of the Disabled Worker, North East Branches came together to hold a well

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Disabled members Equalities News

Stepping Out – tackling disability discrimination

August 27, 2021 Kate Ramsden

Aberdeenshire branch, along with other branches in the North East and the Northern Isles, have organised a Stepping Out event

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Equalities News

Leadership training for Black, Asian and minority ethnic branch members

August 23, 2021 Kate Ramsden

The branch Black members’ self organised group (SOG) has invited Black, Asian and minority ethnic members to attend a leadership

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  • International Women’s Day

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    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.”

     

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