Awards for great communications

Branch activists won deserved recognition in the UNISON Scotland Communications Awards at Scottish Council on 5 December.

Presenting the awards, John Stevenson, Chair of the Communications and Campaigns Committee, praised activists for the “vast amount of work and imagination they put in on behalf of the union and members”.

Winner of the Best Publication was NHS Glasgow and Clyde Branch. “I’d want to read this if I were a branch member”, commented one of the judges.

A special commendation went to Shetland Local Services for a story in their magazine about temporary summer workers who came out on strike with everyone else when they had nothing to gain from it. “It combined a great human interest story with a strong message of solidarity - with a great picture”, said the judges.

Winner in the Electronic Media was Aberdeenshire Branch’s website www.aberdeenshireunison.com.

“This site gives great coverage of branch issues with the added benefit of linking into national, international and citizenship issues - while in most cases making a real attempt to create a local relevance or angle”, said the judges.

No award was made in the campaign category and John Stevenson underlined the judges disappointment at the lack of entries.

“We know of so many great campaigns that went on across the country. Some really innovative stuff, some traditional fights and some amazing recruitment initiatives that deserved to be shared with the rest of Scotland”, said John, urging branches to enter next year.

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