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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
We speak to Chris Swain about becoming UNISON Eastern’s Activist of the Year
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.
Meet the award winners from the UNISON Eastern One Weekend
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
