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Meetings & Events - 2009 - for Branch Officers & Stewards - now updated

National & Regional Conferences - 2009

Training Dates - 2009

We still need more activists!

Please think about how you could become more involved - have a chat to us about different roles within your union -e.g. stewards, lifelong learning reps, health and safety reps, workplace contacts to name a few. We support and offer training, paid expenses and have a facility agreement which allows time off for union duties.

Becoming an activist can also enhance your personal and working life development. Take the plunge and come on in Help run your branch!

Nomination forms for Branch Officers &
Workplace Reps & Workplace Contacts now available online (these links open in new windows)

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Pay Up Now! Day - Sodexo Staff

- Wed 8 Jul 2009

Come along to find out why UNISON believes:

Agenda for Change should be implemented NOW in North Devon
Agenda for Change has to be backdated to 1 Oct 2006
And, what you can do to help achieve Agenda for Change

Paid time off agreed for ALL staff to attend one of the meetings in The Internet Café, Raleigh Gallery: 9.30am, 10.20am, 4.45pm, 5.15pm, 5.45pm:

Guest Speaker: Steve Fullaway - UNISON Site Convenor, Sodexo, Whythenshawe Hospital

- who, with support from members, obtained full Agenda for Change with backdating for ALL Sodexo Staff

Various freebies to give away to all staff who attend

UNISON Members: Collect your free goody-bag which includes: Gifts, Discount Vouchers, a Croyde Bay Day Pass ... Book your one-to-one appointment with a UNISON official to find out how you will benefit from Agenda for Change

Free refreshments for all who attend - Bacon Baps (am), Danish Pastries, Fruit, Tea, Coffee, Juice

Minutes of Branch Executive Meeting

held on 10 Mar 2009 are now on-line

The next Branch Executive Meeting will be on Tue 21 July 2009, 6.00pm-8.00pm at the Castle Centre, Barnstaple.

All branch members are welcome to attend and observe.

Branch Annual General Meeting - 17 Feb 2009

Reports and Minutes are now on-line

Of interest to any previous NHS employees returning to NHS work:

Agenda for Change - North Devon Healthcare Trust
Annual Leave - Calculation of Reckonable Service

Total aggregated NHS Service is used
Broken periods of service added together to give a total

eg: A person who worked for the NHS for 5 years, then left for 2 years and rejoined 3 years ago the reckonable service would be 8 years (not 10 yrs). However, the Trust has the discretion to take into account periods of employment with employers outside the NHS, where these are judged to be relevant to NHS employment.

For further information, please contact the branch

North Devon Health branch