This is the website for the Bridgend County branch of UNISON.
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Want to know how to contact your local rep?
Full details on our Contact Us page.
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Union Learning Reps? What's it all about?
Have you ever thought about being a Union Learning Rep ( ULR)?
The success of UNISON learning projects like Connecting Learners depends largely on a lively network of ULRs: enthusiasts and advocates for lifelong learning.
Through their own love of learning, they encourage others in the workplace to participate in the various opportunities offered by the employer, trade union and in the wider community.
The Connecting Learners project has organised a short taster session to provide an overview of the role – before committing to the full training programme. Find out more on our Lifelong Learning page.
Interested in attending? Contact the Branch Office in the first instance.(04.05.12)
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| St Fagans Consultation Survey: Please help!
Visionsense are an organisation of disabled people seeking the views of disabled people, disabled people's groups, carers, family and associated groups and visitors on access and the future of Wales's most popular heritage attraction, the excellent St Fagans: National History Museum.
Visionsense are asking for your help: could you, or anyone you think may be interested, take 10 minutes to complete their consultation survey?
More details on our News Page. (09.04.12)
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Equal Pay auditing should be compulsory! Please join the e-petition
Karen Jennings, Assistant General Secretary of UNISON, is calling on UNISON members to back women¹s magazine Cosmopolitan¹s call for the Government to make equal pay auditing compulsory. Karen Jennings said
“ Cosmopolitan has set up an e-petition and with the power of the union behind it, we want to hit the target of 100,000 signatures as quickly as possible. " Get the full details on our News page. (01.04.12 updated 09.04.12)
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Job Evaluation - the latest
Since September 2011, when the original proposal was presented to staff (though the post) UNISON representatives have met BCBC management to discuss their proposals.
On 4th January 2012, management presented an amended proposed Pay & Grading structure to the Branch which you can download.(PDF 727KB) With regards to the original proposal, the associated job evaluation points score is shown in brackets against each of the proposed grades.
Members are asked to send their views on the new proposal to the branch office as soon as possible. (29.01.12)
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What's new?
Find out the most up to date information on the pensions campaign on our newly created page for Pensions. There'll be access to copies of the information sent to the branch, as well as a link to the main UNISON website. Most recent newsletter: 3 May 2012
Also included are thoughts and responses to the day of action from members Bob Ney and branch International Officer Tony Mullins. Members' contributions to the site are always welcomed. If there's something missing from the page that you think should be there, please contact us and let us know. (29.01.12)
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Flexible retirement policy
Recent changes to the regulations governing the retirement of employees are likely to impact on BCBC employees nearing their retirement.
UNISON asked BCBC to clarify the position of employees.
BCBC has responded: check out the details of their answers on the News Page. ( 29.01.12)
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Training opportunities for members
UNISON arranges training throughout the year.
Full information and for any courses in the pipeline is always available on our Lifelong learning page for members, and on our training page for Reps and Stewards.
Current courses available for Reps/Stewards include: Union Learning Reps Stage 2 ,
Cancer in the Workplace; Green Reps course; Mental Health Awareness; Handling Change and Redundancy. Also the excellent booklet from UNISON cymru/wales including all the courses for 2012. (11.03.12 updated 26.04.12)
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| ... TRAINING NEWS... for members, or for Reps/ Stewards: lots of new course listed including Womens Development weekend ... (updated 25.03.12) |
UNISON's solicitors, Thompsons, circulate a weekly Labour and European Law Review, through an email newsletter direct to the subcriber's email address.
The newsletters provide the latest employment law news affecting trade unions and their members. Interested UNISON members and reps can subscribe to the newsletter. . (01..04.12) |
Bridgend's very own Facebook page A Better Way For Bridgend. Come join us!
Members should ensure that if they wish to access or contribute to the Facebook page in any way it should be done in their own time and not in works time. (updated 29.01.12 ) |
Members are encouraged to update their UNISON membership record and personal details online using the link on the UNISON website. |
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| Interested in FREE legal advice?
If you're a UNISON member, you're already entitled to it.
To find out more... Word document 52kb
Here's a quick summary ( Word document 148Kb) of what legal help you can get from Thompsons. (03.03.07)
See the latest newsletter (pdf 2.86 MB) on how Thompsons has helped UNISON members in Wales. (04.07.10) |
The national UNISON website: www.unison.org.uk/

The Wales-specific page on the national website is at www.unison.org.uk/cymru
All members have access to the national site which covers in depth all the news and resources available to members both on a UK-wide and Wales-wide basis.
This site won't try to duplicate the national site, but will carry information and resources directly relevant to members of the Bridgend branch. If there's anything you think is missing from this site, we'd be very happy to hear from you. |
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The View from the Bridge
This is what you can find on this site, and where it'll be:
Homepage: where you are now. Updated 04.05.12
News / What's on : what's been happening in our branch, or is just about to, including arranged sports & social events; the latest news UNISON news and how it relates to Bridgend branch members. Updated 26.04.12
Pensions: the latest information about the Local Government Pension scheme. Updated 04.05.12
About UNISON : this page'll tell you what UNISON is and what it does
Why join UNISON? : the many reasons why it's worth being a member of the UK's biggest union in the public services
Need help? : who to contact if you're in a crisis/need help
Contact us : all the contact details for Bridgend branch members, including lists of local reps and branch officers. Updated 04.11.11 Branch officers list updated 15.03.12 Reps List Updated 04.05.12
Benefits / Services : the benefits you can from being a member Updated 26.04.12
Lifelong learning : training courses and other development opportunities for members. Usually free of charge to members. Updated 04.05.12
Reps training : training courses - often required - for Reps and Stewards. Updated 09.04.12
Useful Links : - links to organisations which UNISON members may find useful. Updated 02.06.11
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Disclaimer
The Bridgend County branch of UNISON has taken every effort to ensure that the information contained within its website is correct but no liability can be accepted for any inaccuracies. The Bridgend County branch of UNISON can not accept any liability for any loss or damage resulting from the use of the material contained in its website. The Bridgend County branch of UNISON assumes no responsibility for the contents of any other website to which its website links via hypertext. |
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