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Date

13 – 15 October 2023

Location

Nottingham (Hilton Hotel, Milton Street, Nottingham)

Registration for the 2023 UNISON Water, Environment, and Transport (WET) Branch Seminar will open shortly.

Branches will be able to register delegates very soon, but in the meantime are advised to make a note of the following dates and location/venue details and consult with members as appropriate on seeking delegates to attend.

Dates: Friday 13 October (evening) to Sunday 15 October (lunchtime)
Location: Nottingham
Venue: Hilton Hotel, Milton Street, Nottingham

The seminar this year will take place in Nottingham, at the Hilton Hotel on Milton Street, from the evening of Friday 13 October to lunchtime on Sunday 15 October.

A notice will be circulated to branches shortly, and posted on this event page, which will announce that registrations are being taken, and which will set out the fees for registering delegates.

When available, a provisional programme for this seminar will also be posted on this page.

Supporting and Developing Activists UNISON College will be in Liverpool for this year’s National Delegate Conference. We’ll be hosting a fringe meeting at lunchtime on Wednesday 14 June, where we’ll be exploring the theme of Supporting and Developing Activists: how activist training can form part of a strategy that sustains and enthuses our reps and […]

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 […]

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 […]

Reluctant Employers Employers don’t always want to share with trade unions, but the data protection team can help! Whether the employer is reluctant to share new start lists with branch officials, or being difficult about using the employer email for UNISON work; contact dataprotection@unison.co.uk and let us know the situation. If it’s about any kind […]

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 […]

UNISON College offers high quality learning and training to members and activists. We deliver courses across the regions and devolved nations and online, developing new resources to meet the union’s needs. Scheme of Accreditation and Recognition: what it means for you Last year’s National Delegate Conference passed a motion strengthening and broadening the scope of […]

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 […]

Date

22 – 24 November 2022

Location

UNISON Guildford Office, Ranger House, Walnut Tree Close GU1 4UL

This three day course is aimed at UNISON representatives who are involved in negotiations or who are likely to become involved in negotiations with management on policies, pay, change management, and conditions. It will help participants to: develop and practice negotiating skills be more effective team negotiators understand the process of negotiating be familiar with […]

Date

26 – 30 September 2022

Location

Unison Guildford Office, Ranger House, Walnut Tree Close, GU1 4UL

Organising Stewards Please be advised this course is now fully booked but we have places available on the November online course, as well as the in-person course taking place in the Brighton office. 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 […]

Date

26 – 28 September 2022

Location

Online event

TUC Mental Health in the Workplace This course is to assist reps to understand the role they could play in raising awareness of mental health as a workplace issue. This course will cover Awareness. Knowledge. Representing and supporting. How to organise around mental health. Tutorial dates: Monday 26 September (9.30am–3pm) Tuesday 27 September (9.30am–3pm) Wednesday […]

Date

13 – 14 December 2022

Location

UNISON Brighton Office, 179 Preston Rd, Brighton BN1 6AG

ERA (Employment Relations Act 1999) Refresher Training By law, all workplace representatives are required to undertake training at least once every five years to keep up to date and maintain their ERA certification. The refresher course aims to update reps on new legislation which is relevant to their role and introduce new developments within UNISON. […]

Date

21 – 22 September 2022

Location

UNISON Guildford Office, Ranger house, Walnut Tree Close GU1 4UL

ERA (Employment Relations Act 1999) Refresher Training By law, all workplace representatives are required to undertake training at least once every five years to keep up to date and maintain their ERA certification. The refresher course aims to update reps on new legislation which is relevant to their role and introduce new developments within UNISON. […]

Date

18 – 27 July 2022

Location

Online - MS Teams

The course is a six day schedule between 18 July 2022 to 27 July 2022 and delivered online by West Thames College. This course is principally designed for trade union representatives looking to engage with the development and practice of employment law, and to develop attitudes and skills needed for activism or higher level study […]

Date

3 April 2023 10:00am–1:00pm

Location

Online

In this online workshop you will learn about what unconscious bias actually is and how our brains process information. Why does unconscious bias happen and where does it come from? What are the effects and impact of unconscious bias on individuals in society and in the workplace? How can we address our own and other […]