On the 27th of Jan 2024, I’m off to Cheltenham, it’s a 3-hour trip and I don’t want to go. “So Bob” I hear you ask, “why are you going?” Well, my imaginary friend* it’s like this; I am a trade unionist, I’m a shop steward/workplace rep for UNITE at The (unbelievably wealthy) University of … More Cheltenham or Bus
No don’t go, this is important, like it or loath it school is only a preparation for life, and for a lot of us we are left to figure the rest out on our own, well that’s what this is about, a helping hand from UNITE so you are not alone. If you are a … More Life-Long Learning
Ok, then just a quickie, Friday Update is tucked away on our branch site: https://uniteuoc.org.uk/category/estates/friday-update/
Mystic Bob Strikes Again. A Mea Culpa. So In August on the Union blog, I try to keep going here; I wrote this; There has been more talk about TUPE than at the national hairpiece show. And yes it IS just a coincidence that the VC is called TOOPE… I don’t pretend to have the … More Don’t Get Me To Pick Your Lucky Numbers…
Hooray, it’s… The Update(I’ve given up trying to get it out on Fridays) General Secretary News Sharon Graham is the new General Secretary of UNITE. The University Branch backed her in the contest after she impressed us when she spoke to us at an election meeting. More here (https://uniteuoc.org.uk/sharon-graham-unites-new-general-secretary/) Sharon stood on a platform of … More THE UPDATE 27/8/21
FRIDAY UPDATE Friday err Monday Update, your not as regular as I would like, not as well written as anyone would like, attempt at keeping our members at ED informed…( Big Vern says if you look up “cringe” on Wikipedia this what you see…) (Honestly, we have a proper website that gets updated and everything… … More Friday Update 16/8/21 (yes I know thats Monday)
Its Thursday night and Im staring at a blank screen, that means its… … More Friday Update 9/7/21
A rod for my own back, Its, Friday Update Return to site… It looks like the powers that be are gearing up for changes if the Government eases lockdown on the 21st. What do you think? are you a hotdesking evangelist, footloose, and fancy-free, wherever you lay your hat that’s your home? Or are you … More Friday Update 11/6/21
Serious stuff It’s been all go on the Election front this month. We have had Zoom meetings with Sharon Graham, Howard Beckett, and a representative for Steve Turner. A Huge thank you to all of them for taking the time to speak to us. There is bound to be an official (proper grammar etc) announcement … More Friday Update 4/6/21
(This was written pre covid) What we get up to at a union meeting I’ve never been to a union meeting… I bet its all “comrade” this “brother” that… So what’s it like? Well a union branch reflects its members, and Cambridge University Unite is a fairly broad church, at a local level we are … More Union Meetings…
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