The UNISON South East Equality Calendar for 2023 is now live! View this year’s equality calendar Equality is at the heart of everything we do as a union, and we want to make it as easy as possible for UNISON members to get involved. We hope it will be useful for you in knowing when […]
Since the AGM in 2020, work has been underway to identify barriers to participation with our regional democracy and identify new initiatives to grow activism in our region
We’ve also seen young workers hit hardest by the pandemic. Whether through rising unemployment or because they work in sectors of […]
I realised that there were young workers in similar situations across the public sector and beyond and I wanted to try and fight for change […]
Early in the pandemic, the employment rate of young people declined the most compared with other age groups. Young people are also the most likely to […]
As a result of COVID-19, many conferences and meetings have had to be cancelled. With this in mind, UNISON South East organised a series of online sessions in place of the usual regional Equality Conference–online and live. The Conference was opened by Regional Manager and Head of Equality, Jo Galloway. “This year has been like […]
Equality is at the heart of everything we do as a union, and we want to make it as easy as possible for you to get involved. We hope the new and innovative UNISON South East interactive Equality Calendar will be useful for you in knowing when equality events and training which interest you are […]
We have heard some really positive stories from our young members of their experiences of working throughout the pandemic, as well as their concerns for the […]
For UK trade unions, November is Young Workers month. Young workers are recognised within UNISON as being under-27 and have their own officers and section within our union. This means that that UNISON has dedicated resources that help our union’s 63,000 young workers to help amplify their voices and win on the issues that matter […]
It was a beautiful hotel, only open at the time to key workers. I had a king size room which had a bed, a desk and chair, a kettle, a TV, a mini fridge and a […]
Tell us what is affecting you in your workplace. Held in November every year, TUC Young Workers Month is a time where unions highlight the important issues facing young workers. It is an opportunity to recruit and organise even more young members to help us win better working conditions and build a stronger union. This […]
Anyone can be infected by COVID-19. But it’s increasingly clear that that’s where the equality ends
South East Young Members turned out in force, with 13 delegates from a variety of local government, health, police […]
November is young workers’ month! We will be aiming to raise the profile of young workers and young UNISON members by recruiting and organising them to help us win better working conditions and build an even stronger union.
She is a member of the South East Young Members' Forum and also sits on National Young Members […]
