Being young and female in 2019

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26 October – 4 December, 2020

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 […]

We’ve been following the Apprentice Learning Network at Poole Borough Council for a while now, and we’ve been consistently impressed by the way that the apprentices have supported each other, made use of the resources available to them, and promoted learning opportunities. In this piece Freya Kendall, one of the founder members, explains how the […]

Matthew Hodgson is a UNISON learning rep and branch young members’ officer for United Utilities in the North West. In this blog he talks about his own experiences as a learner and explains how branches can reach out to young workers with learning opportunities. As a young person I was sadly treated with a stereotypical […]

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.

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1 September 2016 – 31 January 2018

The South East Young Members’ Forum has launched a campaign aimed at persuading the government to introduce rent capping in the South East. The South East has the second highest median rents, where private rental properties cost an average of £852 per month. The median rental values in London and the South East have grown […]

UNISON is a partner of the Amos Bursary, which supports talented year 12 students from challenging environments for a total of five years, through their university experience and into the world of work or further study

Health delegates embrace the commitments of UNISON’s year of young workers

UNISON launches #OneWageAnyWage campaign is it celebrates 20 years of the national minimum wage

£13.3m gone from youth services in just three years

‘Largest apprenticeship provider in the north of England’ signs up to UNISON apprenticeships charter

Take the UNISON equality survey – you could win three nights for two people at Croyde Bay Holiday Resort

The history of young people and social movements

It takes place on 13-15 May in Leicester, and brings together more than 100 young members from across the UK to find out more about UNISON and, more importantly, how they can play a part […]

The young members’ weekend on 15-17 May in Nottingham is an opportunity to find out more about the union and how to play a part in the union’s campaigning to defend public services