As part of our activities for UNISON 2023 Year of Black Workers, we have created this new bespoke programme of training for Black members.
As part of our activities for UNISON 2023 Year of Black Workers, we have created this new bespoke programme of training for Black members.
Further details of this will be sent to Regional Council members in line with the guidance for virtual meetings. Where there is an urgent need for any other regional group to meet, to discuss […]
Serving public service workers for two decades has been ‘honour and privilege’
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 […]
Nominations are now open for this years elections to the union’s national executive council (NEC), the senior body of the union made up of elected union members. The nomination period opened on Monday 9 January and will close at 5pm on Friday 10 February 2017. The NEC is made up of representatives of the union’s […]
Ordinary workers come together in UNISON to win fairer, healthier and more productive workplaces. The union’s staff work hard to enable members to lead the work, set priorities, and build the union. Each UNISON region has a Regional Secretary who is in charge of the day-to-day running of the union and is responsible to the General […]
Moving the motion for the NEC, Liz Wheatley spoke of the use of work notices, which would allow employers to name […]
UNISON’s national executive council has agreed a general secretary election will take place this year
In the UK, that might be as a councillor, an MP, MSP, even as a minister. Despite the shabby efforts of those in the current Tory government, the ideal remains. And yet, for Polly Jones, this […]
Labour MP Chris Bryant considers the flaws of what has become a ‘Pinocchio Parliament’ and some possible solutions
In an historic result, Rosita Ellis, Sharon Gedling and Sandra Charles were elected as the Regional Convenor Team for UNISON South East
Why not get involved and help us campaign for the issues affecting young workers. Young members' groups work to: encourage recruitment […]
Trade unionism is all about getting organised, and organising around equality is a vital way for underrepresented groups to increase their voice both at work and within the union. On Friday 13 October 2023, our Equality Conference was an opportunity for activists and members from across the region to come together and equip themselves with […]
With Sharon Gedling, who retained her position, they form the region’s new Convenor Team. We thank outgoing Regional Convenor Rosita Ellis for her two […]
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