On 15 January 2025, Oxfordshire County Council became the latest employer to sign UNISON South East’s Ant-Racism Charter. The charter commits organisations to provide support for staff who may suffer racism in the workplace and to be actively anti-racist, rather than just non-racist. Oxfordshire County UNISON Black members officer Shirley Owens said: ‘This is great […]
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After an historic year, where UNISON Labour Link played a vital part in securing a Labour government, the South East Labour Link Committee held its final meeting of the year in Westminster.
On Thursday 28 November, Bracknell MP Peter Swallow joined school support staff and headteachers from 10 local schools for a special awards event.
Following Sussex Police in August, Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust (DGT) have become the second employer in the region to sign up to our anti-racism charter — and the first in the NHS in the south east.
Like last year, we’re aligning most our regional SOG AGMs to occur over the same period.
On Thursday 10 October and Friday 11 October 2024, Police, Probation and Cafcass branches from across the region sent delegates to their national UNISON conference in Llandudno, Wales, writes Beth Bickerstaffe.
Delegates attending this year’s regional local government annual general meeting (AGM) in Southampton left fired up and better equipped for the challenges ahead.
At this year’s local government conference, we’ll be honouring the hard work of our members and activists with a special awards dinner. But we need your nominations first.
Sussex Police have become the first public sector employer in the south east to sign up to UNISON’s anti-racism charter.
UNISON members in Basingstoke recently uncovered a wonderful piece of social history with the discovery of an antique minutes book hidden on top of a dusty shelf in their office, writes Patrick Young.
A UNISON campaign has resulted in around 100 staff gaining an extra 2% on their pay in 2024/25.
More than 350 staff at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (SASH) will begin two days of strike action tomorrow (Tuesday) in a dispute over their employers’ failure to pay the full rate for the work they do.
National Delegate Conference (NDC) was a week marked by powerful speeches, lively debates and and progressive policy resolutions.
We’re proud to be out and celebrating Pride events across the region this summer, from Brighton to Herne Bay.
Sunday 28 April 2024 was International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD), an important date in the trade union calendar when we remember those who were killed and injured at work.