This is the website for the Bridgend County branch of UNISON.
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  Annual General Meeting 2010
This year's branch AGM will be held on Wednesday, 10th March 2010, at 5.30pm.
The meeting will be held in The Council Chamber, Civic Offices, Angel Street, Bridgend.
Please note that those members who have requested that they do not want to receive any mailings from UNISON (this is usually means the UNISON magazines) have not been sent any correspondence relating to the AGM. The reason for this is to ensure that UNISON conforms to the terms of the Data Protection Act.
If you don't normally receive information from UNISON but would like AGM paperwork, please contact the office. If required, a poster for the AGM is available here. ( Word doc, 58Kb) (23.01.10)
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 Severe weather advice to members from UNISON
Last year, UNISON circulated advice to members about severe weather.
The information is still relevant and is available to download as a Word document. (08.01.10)
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 Croyde Bay Holiday Village Cottage Special Deal 2010
A range of special holiday deals for members is now available. Details of prices, dates etc are availlable on our Benefits/Training/Services page. (08.01.10)
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Local government workers lodge 2010 pay claim
UNISON has submitted a 2.5% or £500 pay claim for 2010. Further details on the pay claim are available on our news page. (24.11.09).
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 Local Government pay settlement reached for 2009-2010
Agreement has been reached for the current year's pay award, backdated to 1st April 2009.
A spreadsheet showing current payscales is available to download. ( pdf file 14KB). (04.10.09)
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Equal Pay - calling all Catering, Cleaning and Care Staff who haven't yet signed up to the UNISON campaign.
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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 Benefits / Training / Services page.
Current courses available include:
*range of courses for stewards - ERA, H&S - Spring 2010
* Updates to Regional Training programme for 2010
* Union Learning Rep training courses for 2010
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Series of Open University Openings distance learning courses for all members |
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 Next branch officers' meeting:
Monday 22 February
Dates for the branch officers' meetings are available on our news page. (26.01.10)
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... TRAINING NEWS ... TRAINING NEWS... For outlines of our forthcoming courses (usually free of charge to members), see our Benefits/ training page.
 New events include: Regional Training programme for 2010 including courses for stewards. (08.01.10) |
| Retired? You can still be a UNISON member, with just a one-off lifetime membership fee of £15. Further information is available via the national site (02.02.07) |
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 Some documents on this site are in PDF format. If you don't already have it, you'll need a pdf reader to open these documents. Click on the Adobe logo to download Acrobat free of charge..
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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) |
The national UNISON website: www.unison.org.uk/
The Wales-specific page on the national website is at http://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 01.02.10
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. Press releases are also stored here. Updated 26.01.10
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 24.11.09 Reps List Updated 04.12.09
Benefits / Training / Services : the benefits you can from being a member, including help with training costs and all the details on forthcoming training. Updated 23.01.10
Useful Links : - links to organisations which UNISON members may find useful. Updated 23.03.09
If you have any problems using the site, please tell us.
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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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