UNISON - Bridgend County Branch

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9 May 2009

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UNISON Bridgend County Branch Office: 01656 766661

The Bridgend County branch of UNISON doesn't just include Bridgend County Borough Council staff. We also support members working in:

V2C

The Probation Service

BIFFA

Remploy

Bridgend College

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Bridgend County Branch

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This is the website for the Bridgend County branch of UNISON.

Want to know how to contact your local rep? Full details on our Contact Us page.

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Local Government pay settlement reached

Finally, after months of negotiation, and with the involvement of ACAS, settlement has been reached over last year's pay claim battles.

The full announcement released by UNISON, is available on our News page. _____________________________

charity collection box Cambodia Appeal

A UNISON member from North Wales is looking for support for a project to help landmine victims in Cambodia. more...

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Special deals from Croyde Bay
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Pack your bags and get away from 6th April for 4 nights with special deal on holidays at UNISON's own Croyde Bay. more...

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Mental Health First Aid

Wales TUC has circulated a document (PDF, 378KB) on their Mental Health First Aid training programme 2009 which provides full information on the background to the training, and how you can register for their Cardiff courses.

If you can't download a PDF file, contact the branch office for a copy of the document.

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Thompsons - UNISON's solicitors - new Success Stories

Thompsons Cymru/Wales continue to work tirelessly on UNISON's behalf. Find out more on our News page. (01.01.09)

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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 people on a training course

UNISON arranges training throughout the year.

Full information and for any courses in the pipeline is always available on our Membership Services page.

Current courses available include
Handling Grievances and Disciplinaries
LGPS Activist and Trustee Training Programme 2009
A Wales Close the Pay Gap Campaign seminar: new challenges and solutions on equal pay
The Organising Steward
Content updated 23.03.09.

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2009 calendar Next branch officers' meeting: 18 May 2009.

Dates for the branch officers' meetings the rest of the year are available here. (22.02.09)

... TRAINING NEWS ... TRAINING NEWS... For outlines of our forthcoming courses (usually free of charge to members), see our Membership Services page.

Details added for new events including: 2-day courses on Handling Grievances and Disciplinaries. (23.03.09)

Fancy a new do for Spring?

Don't forget that business card for Clive international members are entitled to up to 25% discount at local salon Clive International in Bridgend. More... (02.02.07)

Dates for your diary
Use this link to go to the up-to-date calendar of meetings in Wales, as listed on the national website. (02.02.07)

Retired? You can still be UNISON member, with just a one-off lifetime membership fee of £15. Further information is available via the national site (02.02.07)

UNISON has a special relationship with the Britannia Building Society, with special rates and accounts just for our members.

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 happy face anything you think is missing from this site, we'd be very happy to hear from you.

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This is what you can find on this site, and where it'll be:

Homepage: where you are now. Updated 10.05.09
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 10.05.09
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 23.03.09 Reps List Updated 23.03.09
Membership benefits / Services : the benefits from being a member, including help with training costs and all the details on forthcoming training. Updated 10.05.09
Documents : current and archived documents from the branch and issues of Campaign News from Updated 04.02.08
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.

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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