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With vaccine hesitancy high among young women, UNISON members reassure others that there’s nothing to fear

This disproportionately impacts both women, as well as members of the LGBT+ community –who are also more likely to face social exclusion, isolation, and mental health […]

The union seeks government guarantees that health data will be used in an ethical manner, assigned its true value and used for the benefit of UK healthcare

The region’s Young Members are coming together after the toughest 18 months of their lives

Cici is posing with Moosha, the LGBT+ community cow in xir local library Belle Bradley Young workers often get overlooked […]

We hear from one of our Young Member activists on why they felt they had to stand up for young workers

Many delegates talked about intersectionality, not least in two motions from the national LGBT+ group, moved by Cici Carey-Stewart and Lilly Martin. The first was on the particular impact of […]

👋 Hello, I’m Jess McGuire from Lincolnshire and I’m the Chair of the National Young Members Forum. The weekend of 3rd – 5th December marked an important milestone for our union’s young members and the history of UNISON in general as young members held their first ever conference at City Hall in Cardiff. When I […]

Many delegates talked about intersectionality, not least in two motions from the national LGBT+ group, moved by Cici Carey-Stewart and Lilly Martin. The first was on the particular impact of […]

Cardiff City Hall played host to inaugural gathering of Young Members, with a speech from Angela Rayner MP

Cici Carey-Stewart and Lilly Martin, Eastern-based delegates on behalf of the national LGBT+ group jointly moved a motion on the climate crisis and its effect on marginalised communities […]

Many delegates talked about intersectionality, not least in two motions from the national LGBT+ group, moved by Cici Carey-Stewart and Lilly Martin. The first was on the particular impact of […]

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

UNISON Cymru/Wales Young Members Forum chair Nick Davies will  be a key speaker at a Wales TUC event

We’re proud to present our new equality calendar! The interactive calendar will help UNISON Eastern members and activists keep on top of the big events in the union as well as national and international equalities dates. The calendar will be updated regularly so check back for the latest and please get in touch if you’ve […]