ARE YOU WORTH IT?

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After the recent pay campaign UNISON will be organising a group photo of SHU members to spell out the message “we’re worth it”.  Please come along to show your support to Hallam Square (Main Entrance to City Campus) at 1pm on Thursday 26th June.

We will also be running a recruit a friend offer at the stall at the 26th June event

  • bringing along a potential new member to the recruitment stall
  • If the new member joins UNISON at the stall SHU UNISON will reward both of you by reimbursing the cost of an NUS extra card*
  • the stall will be on Campus on Thursday 26th June, 12-2pm outside the main entrance at Owen Building City Campus
  • new members will need to be signed up as a UNISON member for one month before the reward can be reimbursed
  • ensure you leave your details with the UNISON rep on the stall to claim the reward

(* please note we will cover the cost of the one year option for the card which is £12).

 

Y&H REGIONAL DISABLED MEMBERS TRAINING COURSE

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Y&H Regional Disabled Members Training – Disability And Austerity – Exploring the Challenges of Welfare Reform

12th July 2014 10am to 4.30pm

Venue: UNISON (Regional office), Commerce House, Wade Lane, LEEDS LS2 8NJ

The training will aim to cover the impact of austerity measures and welfare reforms on disabled members and how other disabled and non disabled members can be engaged through publicity and campaigning.

  •   Austerity and Welfare Reform – The story so far…
  •  Impact of Welfare Reform
  •  Debunking the Myths – the correlation between austerity measures and hate crime
  •  Fighting Back – UNISON Campaigns
  •  Doing the UNISON Talk

If any members wish to attend, please complete this application form and send it to unisonadministrator@shu.ac.uk.   Attendees do not need to a member of the Regional Disabled Members SOG, but should identify themselves as disabled.

Lunch will be provided. Please indicate if you have any Dietary requirements.  If a Crèche place is required, please book this in advance with Jo Turnbull.   Travel expenses will be covered by the branch.

Deadline to register to attend the training is Friday 4th July 2014.

UNISON LGBT CONFERENCE

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UNISON’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Conference 2014 will be held at

the Hilton Hotel, Blackpool, from 1.30pm Friday 21 November to 1.20pm Sunday 23

November 2014. This conference is organised under UNISON’s rules on

selforganisation.  All delegates and visitors to LGBT Conference must themselves be

lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender UNISON members.

 The closing dates form delegates is Friday 26 September 2014  read more

If you wish to attend please email unisonadministrator@shu.ac.uk

 

 

 

SIGN UP A NEW MEMBER

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The week commencing 12th May is UNISON recruitment week.  So please encourage your colleagues to join UNISON.

SHU UNISON Branch is promoting UNISON by having recruitment stalls at both sites with information on the importance and benefits of being in a union.

Members can play a big part in this by:

  • bringing along a potential new member to one of the recruitment stalls.
  • if the new member signs up to join UNISON at a stall SHU UNISON will reward you by reimbursing the cost of an NUS extra card* for both the existing member and the new member.
  • Stalls will be on Campus on Tuesday 13th May between 12-2pm at the Café in the Robert Winston Building Collegiate Campus and in the main entrance at Owen Building City Campus.
  • new members will need to be signed up for a month before the reward can be reimbursed.
  • ensure you leave your details with the UNISON rep on the stall to claim the reward.

(* please note we will cover the cost of the one year option for the card which is £12).

SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY BOARD OF GOVERNORS

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ONE MEMBER OF STAFF ELECTED BY AND FROM A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES STAFF CONSTITUENCY

THE 2014 ELECTION RESULT – PUBLISHED ON THE STAFF INTRANET ON MONDAY 24 MARCH 2014.  UPDATED ON WEDNESDAY 26 MARCH 2014

RESULT: Dan Bye is the successful candidate elected with 54.5% of the vote.

The ballot was conducted using the Alternative Vote system in which a candidate is elected by achieving a majority of the total vote.

Voters were asked to rank the candidates in order of preference. The ballot papers were sorted according to first preferences and the % of the vote achieved by each candidate was calculated (first count).

In the first count Dan Bye achieved more than half of the first preference votes.

The election results are posted on the staff intranet at this link.