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Nominations open for One Weekend awards

UNISON Eastern’s One Weekend hosts our annual branch and activist award, a celebration of the fantastic work that goes on in the region. Of course anyone giving up their time and energy to make life better for their colleagues is an award-winner, but we like to pay a special tribute to the branches and activists […]

Article, News on the UNISON Eastern site.

Inspiring Eleesha is Eastern young activist of the year

Eleesha Kyriazis was “completely taken aback” when she heard she’d won the award as Young Activist of the Year at the 2023 UNISON Eastern One Weekend. “I had no idea I had even been nominated until a few days before and even that was a massive shock,” she tells us. “It’s quite heart-warming to be […]

Article, News on the UNISON Eastern site.

East of England librarian recognised as a ‘local service champion’

A Norwich librarian has gained national recognition for her exceptional work in delivering council services, UNISON has announced today. Jo Foster-Murdoch is one of two runners-up for the union’s local service champions awards, which celebrate the incredible difference council staff make to the lives of people in their area. Jo was chosen for the support […]

Article, News on the UNISON Eastern site.

‘Nothing is gonna change unless you get involved’ – how to tackle racism in the workplace

As we celebrate Year of the Black Worker, it’s fitting that the One Weekend equalities gong should go to someone who’s done an enormous to combat racism in her workplace and contributed so heavily to UNISON Eastern’s work for racial equality. Josette Kennington has helped revolutionise anti-racism at Cambridgeshire County Council. She’s been active in […]

Article on the UNISON Eastern site.

Environment Agency reps shines at One Weekend

We speak to Chris Swain about becoming UNISON Eastern’s Activist of the Year

Article on the UNISON Eastern site.

Water, Environment, and Transport (WET) Branch Seminar 2023

Date
13 – 15 October 2023
Location
Nottingham (Hilton Hotel, Milton Street, Nottingham)

Notices have been circulated to branches and posted on this event page, which contain all of the information needed to register as well as […]

Event on the UNISON National site.

Three cheers for the branches and activists that make UNISON Eastern great

Meet the award winners from the UNISON Eastern One Weekend

Article, News on the UNISON Eastern site.

Branch Secretary News May 2023 – UNISON College update

And we’ll be in the Unizone on Thursday 15 June to answer all your questions about UNISON member learning and activist training. Come and see us! New resources to help support activist and […]

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UNISON hosting ‘An audience with Chris Smalls – Founder and President of Amazon Labor Union

Date
1 June 2023 11:00am–1:00pm
Location
UNISON Centre 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY

On Thursday 1st June , UNISON will be joined by Chris Smalls, the founder and President of the Amazon Labor Union in the UNISON Centre.https://www.eventbrite.com/e/learning-from-chris-smalls-founder-and-president-of-the-amazon-labor-union-tickets-638734300487 Please see link to join event online  –Click here to join the meeting In 2020, Chris lead a staged walk out that garnered national attention at the Amazon’s Staten Island […]

Event on the UNISON National site.

Branch Secretary News February 2023 – Strategic Organising Unit

Organising to Win The Organising and Recruitment Strategy Development project was commissioned by the General Secretariat in autumn 2021 to meet the changing demands of the union. Delegates at UNISON’s 2022 National Delegate Conference 2022 recognised these changing demands when debating the motion “Building the union organising for our future”. This motion called upon the […]

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Branch Secretary News – The Data Protection Team – supporting you to protect our members

It usually takes less than half an hour to complete, and if you have any trouble accessing it or completing it, then our team can support you […]

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Branch Secretary News – February 2023 Legal Services

Workplace discrimination – take our quiz now: Legal Services Workplace Discrimination Quiz Pregnancy and Maternity discrimination ‘Around three quarters of working mums currently experience maternity discrimination and 54,000 pregnant women are forced out of their jobs each year.’ A bill to provide new and expecting parents with additional protections in the workplace passed its third reading at […]

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Branch Secretary News February 2023 – UNISON College

Find out more: https://learning.unison.org.uk/2023/02/02/skilled-confident-knowledgeable-ensuring-our-reps-have-the-training-they-need/ […]

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Meet the people that make UNISON what it is

Without UNISON reps, there wouldn’t be a UNISON. Reps are the face of the union in the workplace and the first port of call when our members get in trouble. These volunteers make an immeasurable contribution to our union, often going far beyond the facility time available to make our public services better places to […]

Article, News on the UNISON Eastern site.

Online Organising Stewards Course

Date
14 – 18 November 2022
Location
Online

Organising Stewards NB: this course will now be delivered online. Tutorial dates remain the same. This course is aimed at newly elected and less experienced UNISON stewards and is delivered either online or in a classroom. This course will help you to understand the steward’s role in organising members at local level and help you […]

Event on the UNISON South East site.