UNISON - Bridgend County Branch

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1 January 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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2009 written in ice on a car windscreen. brr!

Happy New Year to all our members!

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LAST CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE!

School Meals Survey - how have YOU been affected?

There have been a lot of changes recently in the demands made of staff working in the school meals services.

Anyone involved in the service is asked to take a few minutes to complete a UNISON survey that will provide a clearer picture of the impact these demands are having on members.

Download the survey here (pdf file 260Kb) and you're asked to return it BEFORE 5 JANUARY 2009 to the address shown at the end of the document. (updated 01.01.09)
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Do you know your local rep?

Some of our departmental reps have changed recently. Check out the up to date list, so you know who to look out for in your area.

Also, we have a new Black Members' Officer: check out the updated Branch Executive list. (01.01.09)
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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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2008-9 Pay Offer To Be Paid 'On Account'

pay matters logo The Employers' Side of the NJC met on 20th October and agreed to UNISON's request for the 2008-9 offer to be paid 'on account' pending the outcome of the binding arbitration process via the Arbitration and Conciliation Service - ACAS.

This is welcome news and means that all local government employees on NJC pay will receive the new rate of pay and back-pay backdated to 1 April 2008. A joint circular instructing councils to 'pay up' will be sent out today.

Click here for the full bulletin ( Word document 149Kb) issued by UNISON on 20th October.
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January 2009 - work continues to go on behind the scenes in UNISON Bridgend as officers are still very active representing members in several extremely important matters, especially in BCBC.

In all cases, your feedback, input and involvement is vital, so please do let us know what you feel about what's going on.

Here are the key areas at the moment. Click on the link to find out more...

pay matters logo Local Government Pay Claim

On 20th October, agreement was made on paying employees 'on account'. Click here for the full bulletin ( Word document 149Kb) issued by UNISON on 20th October.

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 Membership Services page. Content updated 07.12.08 - new courses available for 2009.
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2009 calendar Next branch officers' meeting: 19 January 2009.

Dates for the branch officers' meetings the rest of the year are available here . (01.01.09)

... TRAINING NEWS ... TRAINING NEWS... New course information added 07.12.08 for courses starting January 2009.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO SIGN UP FOR COURSES STARTING IN JANUARY 2009, YOU NEED TO DO IT NOW!

For outlines of our forthcoming courses (usually free of charge to members), including the courses for Union learning reps, see our Membership Services page. (01.01.09)

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 01.01.09 Industrial action 2008 page. Updated 30.09.08
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 01.01.09
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 01.01.09 Reps List Updated 01.01.09
Membership benefits : the benefits from being a member, including help with training costs and all the details on forthcoming training. Updated 01.01.09
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 01.01.09

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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