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Date

16 April 2020 4:00pm–5:00pm

Location

UNISON Centre

Covid-19: All meetings and events are postponed until end of May 2020   Outcome

UNISON South East’s Regional Council Annual General Meeting took place on 8  February 2020 in London. Along with the usual business of electing our committees and representatives for the year ahead, the packed meeting heard a range of motions including calling on the union to declare a climate emergency. Two motions were selected as regional […]

Date

6 – 8 March 2020

Location

The View Hotel Eastbourne

This course is open to all women members who are interested in learning more about the history of women’s struggle for equality. This course will look at some of the many women’s rights campaigns led by the women of the first wave feminist movement. This course will also give you the opportunity to examine the […]

The union’s month kicked off with our retired members and police and justice staff conferences in Southport. The service group conference saw assistant general […]

Most hotly contested were the roles of Deputy Regional Convenor and the region's representatives to June's National Delegate Conference. Thank you to everyone who put their name forward to serve […]

These guidance notes are designed to help branches and organisers navigate the regional and national processes for the payment of branch honoraria. Regional Honoraria Contacts: Elizabeth Britton / e.britton@unison.co.uk 2024 Honoraria Panel: The Regional Honoraria Panel is a lay member committee which adjudicates on honoraria proposals made by branches which require a decision from the […]

UNISON members were joined by MPs and campaigners to help build our movement

Branches, Regional Committees and Regional Self Organised Group can bid for pots of funding for recruitment and campaigning initiatives

Updated Regional Council Constitution Changes were agreed to our Regional Council Constitution (which guides democracy in the region), with […]

The auditor and branch treasurer have the capacity to make changes to the branch accounts up until they take the Generate Authorisation Sheet option in the closedown […]

Representatives are also elected to attend UNISON’s National Disabled Members Conference on behalf of the Region. A training weekend is held each year to […]

The NEC is made up of representatives of the union’s regions, service groups and Black members, disabled members and young members. The exact numbers of seats, and what […]

Young members' groups work to: encourage recruitment, organisation and participation of young workers provide a powerful voice for young members give […]

Democracy is at the heart of everything we do in UNISON, from what we campaign on, to the rules governing membership of our organisation. All members in UNISON belong to a local branch. Over 100,000 members in 109 local branches form UNISON South East. Our members are our strength and our democracy is how members […]

UNISON is one of the UK’s largest trade unions, serving more than 1.3 million members. We represent full-time and part-time staff who provide public services, although they may be employed in both the public and private sectors. What we do UNISON represents and acts for members working in a range of public services and utilities. […]