NIAS Unison Branch

NIAS Unison Branch
Social Media

"If you're always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.”

Posting on social media is like shouting through a virtual megaphone to every one of your members, or potential members. 

Social media offers the branch a unique way to connect with our members. Sure, you can use it to communicate with members about issues and concerns, but you can also use it to tell our branches story. Through channels like Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, our branch can increase its brand awareness and inform our members of matters and issues that can arise quickly or to assist our Stewards & Reps to getting information properly instead of rumours of gossip that can spread like wildfire over the wide geographical area that we have unlike other Unison Health Trust branches.

We would encourage all those members who are subscribed to our Social Media platforms to be mindful of comments, postings and images that would be posted and ensure that nothing could be used to offend, embarass, distort or be misconstured by both our members and an of the general public who can see the messages.

We would encourage all our memebers to subscribe to our Social Media Platforms and our Newsletter.

Facebook Posts

5 days ago

🚨 Heads up, members! Your 2025 diaries are on their way! They’ll be delivered to the station address you provided when joining the branch.Changed details recently? If not, check your previous station—you might find your diary waiting for you there! 🕵️‍♂️#NewYearReady #UnionPerks ... See MoreSee Less
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5 days ago

Our health committee met recently to receive an update on a round of meetings with the Health minister and DOH officials. The starting point was the absence of funding to enable implementation of the Pay Review Body award of 5.5% on AFC pay bands. It was confirmed that the absence of specific ring fenced funding from the UK Treasury was making it very difficult to give guarantees that a full award covering the 12 months of 2024 to 2025 would be available.UNISON led resistance with other health unions to any notion that a salary sacrifice would be acceptable in a less than 12 month application of the PRB award.That resistance paid off and our committee approved a proposal to apply the award pay in 2 steps. This is now contained in DOH memorandum of understanding which we have included below.As the mandate to secure retention of pay parity has been secured it was agreed mass member consultation was no longer required. UNISON NI will remain vigilant to ensure the MOU is met in full.For 2025 UNISON UK is moving to achieve collective bargaining for health pay as the best means to achieve strong outcomes and ring fenced funding. Engagement with the PRB has reached its sell by date. ... See MoreSee Less
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5 days ago

Tuesday 17 December 2024Health Trade Unions have received a formal commitment from the Minister and in a Department of Health, memorandum that pay parity in AFC pay bands will be maintained for the full year 2024/2025.Implementation of the Pay Review Body Pay award of 5.5% will now be prepared. The Minister has advised that he will immediately provide funding for 10 months and plans to secure funding for the balance of 2 months in the January monitoring round.During a series of meetings, unions were provided details of the intense pressures on the Northern Ireland Executive budget. In practical terms, health workers can now expect at least 10 months of retrospective pay on their March 2025 pay dates.Health Unions will remain engaged and focused early in the New Year on fully delivering the Minister's commitments. ... See MoreSee Less
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