Come and meet us and grab a bacon butty

The branch is holding a breakfast meeting for members (come and chat to the branch executive) and to non-members who may be thinking of joining UNISON and would like further information.

The meeting is on the ground floor of the Students’ Union building and will take place between 8am and 10am.  Bacon or Sausage sandwiches, pastries and hot and cold drinks are available.  

Please drop in and chat to us.  

Further information on the negotiations for the 2018 pay offer will be discussed so please along. 

Dave Thompson (Chair) d.thompson@yorksj.ac.uk 

Tel: 07702 918231 / 01904 876670 for further information

The UNISON AGM is on Wednesday, 7 March 2018 at 10.30am in Temple Hall.  Pastries and refreshments will be available from 10.15am.

We encourage all members to attend and show support for the union and to hear of the branch’s activities in 2017 and its intentions in 2018.   We encourage you to have your say.  We also encourage you to raise any queries/issues you have either during the meeting or privately after the AGM has finished.

AGM Agenda 2018

Branch Annual Report 2017

Paper copies will be available at the meeting if you do not wish to print these off.  The 2017 accounts will be presented at the meeting too – the audited accounts will be released as soon as they are signed off.

We are looking for more members to help with branch work and have various vacancies to fill.  These will be discussed more fully at the AGM but, in the meantime, if you are interested in playing a role then please contact j.ripley@yorksj.ac.uk or d.thompson@yorks.ac.uk for further information.  If you do not wish to sign up to a full role then you may wish to perform smaller tasks such as  attending conference or university meetings, supporting members with an equality concern, helping to recruit members, etc.  All help would be welcomed.

We very much look forward to seeing you ALL.

Thursday 21st December 2017
From 1:00pm until “whenever”
YSJ Students’ Union

Everyone welcome (including non-members)
Food, Quiz, Raffle and Mysterious Musical Merriment
For further information contact unison@yorksj.ac.uk

xmas party poster 2017

A reminder that UNISON is on site this Friday, 22 September 2017 in DG 120 from 12.00 -14.00.

Members can drop in and speak confidentially to our Unison Area organiser about any issues they may have. Also non members are welcome to come along and find more out about Unison at York St John.

Thanks

Dave Thompson

York St John University UNISON Branch has arranged advice surgeries over the coming months:

Friday 22nd September – Time 12:00-14:00 DG/120

Friday 20th October – Time 12:00-14:00 DG/109

Friday 17th November – Time 12:00-14:00. HG/139

Friday 15th December – Time 12:00-14:00. HG/137

Surgeries provide opportunities for members to seek confidential advice from Branch reps and also UNISON regional staff. Non-members are welcome to drop into surgeries to find out more about UNISON.

For more information please contact YSJ UNISON branch at unison@yorksj.ac.uk

Take a look at our Newsletter July 2017

UNISON’s higher education members have accepted an employers’ pay offer for 2017-18 worth between 1.7% and 2.4%, with higher increases for the lowest-paid staff.

The lowest pay point (spinal column point 2) will receive the highest increase, bringing it to the living wage rate of £8.45 an hour for those working a 35-hour week.

UNISON’s head of higher education, Donna Rowe-Merriman, commented: “Members working in universities have reluctantly accepted this year’s offer. 

“Whilst higher than recent years, it still does not go far enough in compensating staff for successive years of low wage increases.

“The HE service group executive has already begun work on next year’s claim and will want to mobilise support from across HE to ensure decent pay for our members in future.”

Members voted by 71.1% to 28.9% to accept the offer in a consultation carried out by the union’s branches.

The employers were informed of the result after the service group executive ratified the consultation, which saw almost three-quarters of union branches (74.6%) return a response, and a majority vote for acceptance in every UNISON region.

Unions and employers also agreed to continue work on dealing with the gender pay gap and zero-hour contracts in the sector

Just a reminder that there will be a drop in surgery this Thursday

Thursday 13th July – CD/002 11.30am – 13.30pm.

Surgeries provide opportunities for members to seek confidential advice from Branch reps and also Unison regional staff. Non – members are welcome to drop into surgeries to find out more about UNISON

For more information please contact YSJ UNISON branch at unison@yorksj.ac.uk

Just a reminder that there will be a drop-in surgery this Thursday

Thursday 15^th June – CD/002 11:30am -13:30pm

Representatives of the Branch and also Yorkshire Regional Office will be in Holgate Reception.

On
Monday 15th May
between
11:00 am and 2:00 pm

Please pop by the stall and chat to us about UNISON and the benefits, joining the YSJ Branch and protection in the workplace.