Annual General Meeting
Friday 6th March at 15:00, Lecture Theatre, Clinical Skills, Western Isles Hospital, Stornoway
Speaker: Laurence Hunter, Chair of UNISON’s Scottish Learning and Organising Committee.
Nominations are sought for the under noted posts and should be submitted to the Branch Secretary.
Convener Education Officer Vice-Convener Welfare Officer
Secretary Treasurer APF Officer Minute Secretary
Auditors (2) Workplace Stewards* Health & Safety Officer
Health and Safety Representatives* Communication Officer
* Workplace Stewards and Health & Safety Representatives should be nominated and appointed by members in the workplace.
Tea/coffee and cakes
Special raffle for those attending, prizes include: Loganair voucher, Digby Chick voucher and more!
All members are urged to attend this meeting
Tax Relief on UNISON Membership
If you work in a clinical role, you may be able to claim tax relief on your UNISON membership fees, Click here for FAQs and links (opens in a new window)
UNISON call on Scottish Government to devolve NHS union pay negotiations
Click here to see the UNISON Scotland News video on NHS pay (opens in new page)
Lilian Macer, UNISON Scotland convener and Tam Waterson Chair of the Scottish Health Committee explain why we now want to negotiate direct with the Scottish Government and not the UK NHS Pay Review Board.
UNISON, Scotland’s biggest health union, is calling on the Scottish Government to set up formal structures to negotiate direct with NHS unions in Scotland, and officially leave the UK’s NHS Pay Review Body.
The call comes after NHS members voted to accept a new three year pay deal direct with the Scottish Government after years of being given 1% pay rises from through UK’s NHS Pay Review Body. This is the first year UNISON and other health unions have submitted a pay claim direct to the Scottish Government.
Membership Services
Most people join and stay in UNISON to get the best representation and support at work when they need it. But UNISON members also receive superb membership benefits - you could save the cost of your subscription many times over.
For a comprehensive list of the superb offers available please visit the national UNISON website: http://www.unison.org.uk/benefits/index.asp
Interested in Learning?
There are many learning and training opportunities already available to UNISON members including our award-winning Return to Learn programme as well as discounts on Open University courses and locally organised training tailored to your needs.
Most of the courses are on the mainland but
some courses are held in the Western Isles:
for example in recent years we have held:
Organising Steward training courses
Level I British Sign Language BSL
Improving Team Performance (SCQF 6)
UNISON has many e-Learning courses, to sign up for a free account to access all the e-learning options Click here (opens in new page)