Middlesex University Unison Branch

24/11/2022

Sending solidarity to our Middles*x University UCU Branch, who are taking strike action today ✊

UCU members in higher education are rising up and saying enough is enough.

09/08/2022

UNISON are currently balloting for strike action, in response to the pay offer for 2022/23.

All members should be receiving ballot papers to their homes. We strongly urge you to vote in the ballot - regardless of whether to vote for or against strike action in order to have your vote counted.

If your ballot paper has not arrived, please contact UNISON’s helpline on 0800 0 857 857 for a replacement.

Please return your ballot paper without delay and by Friday 26 August 2022 latest for your vote to be counted.

29/06/2022

Ballots for our Branch Secretary Election will start arriving in the next few days. In the pack you'll find a pre-paid envelope, voting slip and candidate statements from our two candidates Laura Dickens and Christine Struwe.

Regional Office must receive all votes by no later than Wednesday 13th July.

If you have not received your ballot, please contact [email protected]

21/06/2022

Applications for UNISON's 2022 School Uniform Grant open this Friday 24 June.

The Grant is a one-off payment of £70 per child to help members' on low incomes with school uniform costs this summer.

To apply and review your eligibility, please visit www.unison.org.uk/thereforyou

We recommend applying as soon as possible as the grant will close once enough eligible applications have been received.

Members experiencing financial and emotional difficulties can contact our welfare charity, There for You, which provides a confidential advice and support service for members and their dependants.

28/03/2022

Dear Members,

It is with deep sadness that we write to you today to inform you of the death of our Branch Secretary, Claire Mitham.
Claire was an incredible person, who always wanted to help anyone in need and fought for us all - and her loss is felt by all of us at Middles*x, and we will be taking time to process.
We will be sharing a fuller statement in the next few weeks.

Our thoughts are with Claire’s family and friends at the moment.

We have opened the following page where anyone at Middles*x can leave a memory about Claire, which we will look to share with her family: https://www.remembr.com/en/claire.mitham

A page has been set up by Claire’s friends to help her family towards funeral costs, which can be found here: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/kerry-ingram?utm_term=NAXYvq2dw

We appreciate this news is incredibly upsetting and that a lot of you were extremely close to Claire.

You can find a link to the University support services relating to Bereavement here: https://www.intra.mdx.ac.uk/key-information/health,-safety-and-wellbeing/occupational-health-and-wellbeing/dealing-with-bereavement

For any members who are in need of support, please continue to contact [email protected]

Middles*x University UNISON Branch Committee

20/11/2020

On this day of Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honour and take a moment of silence for the trans, non-binary and gender diverse people we lost this past year.

In the past 12 months, at least 350 trans and gender-diverse people were reported killed globally. Of the reported killings worldwide, s*x workers and migrants make up the majority of victims. It is important that these lives are remembered and celebrated.

If you need to talk over the weekend please text MERMAIDS to 85258 to reach 's crisis text line, 24/7

Or call on 116 123 for 24/7 support.

Every year on 20th November the lives of trans and gender-diverse people reported murdered in the last 12 months are remembered. UNISON resources for supporting trans colleagues and campaigning for trans rights in the workplace.

27/10/2020

Ballots will drop this week for the General Secretary of UNISON election to all members! You can read about the candidates and election process here:

On this page you can find out everything you need to know about our general secretary election 2020.

27/10/2020

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11/02/2020

19/12/2019

There is power in a Union

Over 6,000 firefighters are entitled to return to their pre-2015 pension schemes, an employment tribunal declared today, in a landmark victory for the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) with implications ac

18/12/2019

Hope to see you there.

You are invited to attend screening of the Ken Loach Film:

“Sorry We Missed You”

http://www.barnetunison.me.uk/wp/2019/12/16/ken-loach-film-sorry-we-missed-you-coming-to-barnet-get-there-early/

Monday 20 January 2020, Middles*x University, College Building. Second Floor, room *C211* The Burroughs, London, NW4 4BT.

6.30 arrive 7pm screening

Entrance: FREE

28/11/2019

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